The Mediating Effect Of Self-Acceptance Between High School Students'Perceived Social Support And School Life Satisfaction

Adolescents' attitude towards life is directly related to their overall life satisfaction.For teenagers,school is their main living place.The quality of life and living conditions in schools affect the overall life satisfaction of adolescents.Studies have shown that school life satisfaction is influenced by self-acceptance and perceived social support.Therefore,this study mainly examines the characteristics of high school students' perceived social support,self-acceptance and school life satisfaction.The relationship between perceived social support and its different dimensions—family support,friend support,other support,and school life satisfaction,and the mediating role of self-acceptance between them.It provides a theoretical basis for schools to cultivate students' sound and healthy psychological quality,promote students' positive development and improve school well-being.In this study,Yan Bingbin and others revised the scale Perceived Social Support Scale(PSSS).Cong Zhong and Gao Wenfeng compiled the Self-Acceptance Questionnaire(SAQ).Tao Fangbiao(2005)compiled Adolescent School Satisfaction Questionnaire.The cluster sampling method is based on the principle of convenient sampling.This research is based on a survey of 738 high school students' response in Zhangqiu District of Jinan City.The conclusions are seen as follows:(1)There are differences in demographic variables in perceived social support level,self-acceptance and school life satisfaction among senior high school students.Specifically showed as follows: girls' perceived social support level is higher than boys',and boys' satisfaction with school life is higher than girls' and there is no significant gender difference in self-acceptance.;The perception of social support,self-acceptance and school life satisfaction of urban students were higher than those of rural students;The perception of social support and satisfaction with school life in Grade One were higher than those in Grade Two and Grade Three,but self-acceptance was not significant;Only-child's satisfaction with school life is higher than that ofnon-only-child's,and there is no significant difference in perceived social support and self-acceptance.(2)High school students' perceived social support and its different dimensions— family support,friend support,other support,self-acceptance and school life satisfaction were significantly positively correlated.(3)High school students' perceived social support and its three dimensions can positive predict students' self-acceptance and school life satisfaction.Self-acceptance can positive predict school life satisfaction.(4)High school students' self-acceptance plays a mediating role between perceived social support and its different dimensions— family support,friend support,other support,and school life satisfaction.In the model,The indirect effect of perceived social support on school life satisfaction through self-acceptance was 0.254,accounting for 51.46%.The indirect effects of family support,friend support and other support on school life satisfaction through self-acceptance were 0.118,0.102 and 0.105,accounting for 38.31%,24.76% and 28.77% respectively.Conclusion: High school students' self-acceptance plays a partial mediating role between perceived social support and school life satisfaction.The perceived social support of senior high school students can not only directly affect school life satisfaction,but also affect school life satisfaction through the role of self-acceptance.