SOCIAL SUPPORT AS A PREDICTOR OF SOCIAL WELL-BEING OF UNDERGRADUATES IN ENUGU STATE

Abstract

Well-being is a fundamental component of the overall health of human beings which enables them to overcome difficulties and achieve the desired goal successfully. Well-being is a multidimensional construct that includes social well-being. The present study aimed to investigate social well-being variation among undergraduates in Enugu State based on social support. In the study, three hundred and twenty-seven undergraduates enrolled in four public tertiary institutions in Enugu State, Nigeria, were recruited. The male and female students were randomly pooled from different departments in the selected institutions. The respondents completed a self-report measure of the Social Well-being Scale, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). A simple linear regression model was deployed to test the study's formulated hypothesis. The result showed that social support statistically significantly predicted the social well-being of the undergraduates. The study concludes that social support is an essential determinant of an undergraduate's social well-being.