The Relationship between Online Interaction and Resilience of College Students

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Abstract

The study explores the relationship among college students’ online interaction, online social support and resilience, uses The Online Interaction Level Scale, the Online Social Support Scale of Adolescence and the Conner-Davidson Resilience Scale to measure 500 college students. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). The SEM path analysis yielded the following results: (1) The total average score of college students’ online interaction, online social support and resilience level were significantly higher than medium critical value; (2) There was no difference in male and female’s resilience. (3) College students’ online interaction and online social support were all the positive predictor of resilience; (4) The effect of resilience of online interaction was fully mediated by online social support. By introducing the perspective of online interaction into the research of resilience, at the same time adding new complement to the traditional structure, this study provides a new view and approach to the resilience construction research.

Authors

• Dong Liu, Harbin Institute of Technology

• Bowen Hou, Harbin Engineering University

• Kuiyu Tang, Harbin Institute of Technology