CONTRIBUTION OF HARDNESS AND PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT TO INDICATORS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN YOUTH
The article presents the results of a study aimed at testing the hypothesis that hardiness mediates the relationship between psychological well-being and perceived social support. The hypothesis was tested in the empirical study which involved 1534 students aged 15-21 (68,9 % women) from educational institutions in Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk and Kamchatka. The study used such methods as Continuum of mental health, short form (C. Keyes, adopted by E.N. Osin), Hardiness test (screening version by E.N. Osin), Multidimensional scale of perception of social support (D. Zimet, adopted by V.M. Yaltonsky and N.A. Sirota). The results demonstrate that the respondents are primarily characterized by a fairly high level of psychological well-being (64,7 % of respondents with favorable indicators, 15,5 % - “risk group”), hardiness (70,5 % with optimal indicators, “risk group” - 10,0 %) and perceived social support (favorable indicators were found in 91,1% of cases, “risk group” - in 8.9%). Comparison of two regression models showed the advantage of the model, which included hardiness as mediator between indicators of psychological well-being and social support (relatively to the model of direct relationship between psychological well-being and social support). The key mediating factors between indicators of perceived social support and psychological well-being were such components of hardiness as commitment and control. At the same time, moderate percentage of the psychological well-being explained variance makes it possible to note the need to search for other intrapersonal factors (in addition to hardiness) which mediate the relationship between psychological well-being and perceived social support.