Types of perceived social support and dimensions of the hardiness trait: A multivariate regression analysis

While existing research has explored the buffering effects of social support and hardiness separately, there is a gap in understanding their interrelationship within the college student population. This study aimed to explore which dimensions of the hardiness trait (capturing commitment, control, an...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thuy Dang, Fatmanur Çifci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Groningen Press 2025-07-01
Series:International Journal of Personality Psychology
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ijpp.rug.nl/article/view/42506
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1849417689433374720
author Thuy Dang
Fatmanur Çifci
author_facet Thuy Dang
Fatmanur Çifci
author_sort Thuy Dang
collection DOAJ
description While existing research has explored the buffering effects of social support and hardiness separately, there is a gap in understanding their interrelationship within the college student population. This study aimed to explore which dimensions of the hardiness trait (capturing commitment, control, and challenge) are associated with which types of perceived social support (attachment, guidance, social integration, reliable alliance, reassurance of worth) among college students. This study thus will contribute to the social support and hardiness literature by providing empirical evidence on how these constructs are specifically related to each other, offering insights that can inform future research, interventions, and practice. The data for this study were obtained from Dang’s (2024) doctoral dissertation examining the relation between social support, distress tolerance, and self-regulated learning. The participants were 323 full-time students (59% male, Mage = 28.3). Multivariate regression analyses were conducted in R to assess the relations between subscales of hardiness and types of perceived social support. Social support turned out to be positively related to commitment and control dimensions of hardiness and was negatively related to the challenge dimension of hardiness. The results of further analysis indicated that perceiving attachment support and guidance support were associated with the control dimension of the hardiness trait.
format Article
id doaj-art-803c0dcbb3f1432a9732a7635c2069b4
institution Kabale University
issn 2451-9243
language English
publishDate 2025-07-01
publisher University of Groningen Press
record_format Article
series International Journal of Personality Psychology
spelling doaj-art-803c0dcbb3f1432a9732a7635c2069b42025-08-20T03:32:41ZengUniversity of Groningen PressInternational Journal of Personality Psychology2451-92432025-07-011110010710.21827/ijpp.11.4250632173Types of perceived social support and dimensions of the hardiness trait: A multivariate regression analysisThuy Dang0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6812-1023Fatmanur Çifci1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8731-4595University of Texas at ArlingtonUniversity of North TexasWhile existing research has explored the buffering effects of social support and hardiness separately, there is a gap in understanding their interrelationship within the college student population. This study aimed to explore which dimensions of the hardiness trait (capturing commitment, control, and challenge) are associated with which types of perceived social support (attachment, guidance, social integration, reliable alliance, reassurance of worth) among college students. This study thus will contribute to the social support and hardiness literature by providing empirical evidence on how these constructs are specifically related to each other, offering insights that can inform future research, interventions, and practice. The data for this study were obtained from Dang’s (2024) doctoral dissertation examining the relation between social support, distress tolerance, and self-regulated learning. The participants were 323 full-time students (59% male, Mage = 28.3). Multivariate regression analyses were conducted in R to assess the relations between subscales of hardiness and types of perceived social support. Social support turned out to be positively related to commitment and control dimensions of hardiness and was negatively related to the challenge dimension of hardiness. The results of further analysis indicated that perceiving attachment support and guidance support were associated with the control dimension of the hardiness trait.https://ijpp.rug.nl/article/view/42506hardinesssocial supportstresscommitmentcontrolmultivariate regression
spellingShingle Thuy Dang
Fatmanur Çifci
Types of perceived social support and dimensions of the hardiness trait: A multivariate regression analysis
International Journal of Personality Psychology
hardiness
social support
stress
commitment
control
multivariate regression
title Types of perceived social support and dimensions of the hardiness trait: A multivariate regression analysis
title_full Types of perceived social support and dimensions of the hardiness trait: A multivariate regression analysis
title_fullStr Types of perceived social support and dimensions of the hardiness trait: A multivariate regression analysis
title_full_unstemmed Types of perceived social support and dimensions of the hardiness trait: A multivariate regression analysis
title_short Types of perceived social support and dimensions of the hardiness trait: A multivariate regression analysis
title_sort types of perceived social support and dimensions of the hardiness trait a multivariate regression analysis
topic hardiness
social support
stress
commitment
control
multivariate regression
url https://ijpp.rug.nl/article/view/42506
work_keys_str_mv AT thuydang typesofperceivedsocialsupportanddimensionsofthehardinesstraitamultivariateregressionanalysis
AT fatmanurcifci typesofperceivedsocialsupportanddimensionsofthehardinesstraitamultivariateregressionanalysis