Citation

Xia M, Yang C. J. Community Psychol. 2019; 47(5): 1269-1281.

Affiliation

School of Economics and Management, Changzhou Institute of Technology, Changzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/jcop.22190

PMID

31032982

Abstract

This study analyzed the potential mediating role of self-esteem and affect balance on the relationship between social support and loneliness. Respondents were 426 substabce use disorders from the Shifosi and Dalianshan rehab facilities in China who had completed the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Positive and Negative Affect Scales, and UCLA Loneliness Scale. The results indicated that self-esteem and affect balance fully mediated the relationship between perceived social support and loneliness and all the paths, ranging from social support through self-esteem and affect balance to loneliness, were significant. Finally, we analyzed possible approaches to decreasing individuals with substance use disorders' loneliness.

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Language: en

Keywords

affect balance; individuals with substance use disorders; loneliness; self-esteem; social support