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The research aims to explore the relationship between social support and mental health in university students, focusing on various psychological factors.

April 30, 2026Scientific ReportsOpen Access

Understanding the mental health effects of social support among university students: a hybrid SEM–ANN approach

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The research aims to explore the relationship between social support and mental health in university students, focusing on various psychological factors.
Administered a structured questionnaire to 557 Chinese college students after physical training.
Measured self-reported responses on social support, mental health, self-efficacy, emotion regulation, and coping strategies.
Employed a hybrid analysis using Structural Equation Modeling and Artificial Neural Networks to assess relationships.
Emotion regulation, self-efficacy, and coping strategies were significant mediators of mental health.
Social support was found to be indirectly associated with mental health in university students.
Normalized importance values indicated emotion regulation (100%) as the most critical predictor, followed by self-efficacy (80.7%) and coping strategies (70.1%).

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Demonstrates the influence of social support on mental health in Chinese college students, indicating the importance of emotion regulation and coping strategies.

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Wang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69f2a4578c0f03fd677635e8 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-48998-y

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Demonstrates the influence of social support on mental health in Chinese college students, indicating the importance of emotion regulation and coping strategies.

Understanding the mental health effects of social support among university students: a hybrid SEM–ANN approach

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Understanding the mental health effects of social support among university students: a hybrid SEM–ANN approach

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