AUTHOR : 김의연,박영신,김의철,Tsuda Akira,Matsuda Terumi,Deng Ke
INFORMATION : page. 105~127 / 2013 Vol.20 No.4
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this research was to examine the influence of social support and self-efficacy on perceived stress and well-being among Korean||| Chinese and Japanese university students. A total of 1|||276 respondents (400 Korean||| 450 Chinese and 426 Japanese university students) completed a self-reported questionnaire that included the following scales: self-efficacy||| social support||| well-being||| and perceived stress. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results were as follows. First||| Korean and Chinese students had greater social support||| higher resilience of self-efficacy||| lower scores on the perceived stress and higher score on well-being than Japanese students. Second||| social support reduced perceived stress and increased well-being directly or through self-efficacy. Third||| self-efficacy influenced perceived stress to a larger extent for Korean and Japanese students than Chinese students. Fourth||| perceived stress influenced the well-being of Korean students to a larger extent than it did for Japanese and Chinese students. The results indicate that social support and self-efficacy improve well-being and alleviate the experience of perceived stress for Korean||| Japanese and Chinese students.