Social Networks and Psychological Well-Being of Overseas Chinese Studying in Taiwan's Colleges

本研究旨在瞭解異地求學之大學僑生其社會網絡與幸福感之概況，同時探討不同背景之大學僑生在社會網絡與幸福感的差異情形。本研究採用問卷調查法，研究對象為全臺灣大專院校的所有僑生，並以「幸福感量表」、「社會網絡量表」、「社會支持量表」為研究工具，共計回收797份有效問卷。將所得資料以描述性統計分析、三因子變異數分析、重複量數單因子變異數分析、多元迴歸分析等統計方法進行分析。主要研究結果如下： 一、國籍差異中，「港澳」僑生的網絡規模小於「馬來西亞」及「其他國 籍」。而性別差異中，「馬來西亞」及「其他國籍」僑生同樣為男性的網絡規模大於女性。另外，「國籍」、「性別」和「年級」在社會網絡規模中有顯著的交互作用。 二、不同國籍的僑生，網絡聯繫性有所差異，港澳僑生的網絡規模相對較小，且在網絡聯繫上得分同樣最低。 三、大學僑生主要獲得的支持來源為家人支持。 四、大學僑生主要獲得的支持類型為情緒性支持。 五、不同年級的大學僑生在幸福感受方面有所差異，大學一年級僑生的幸福感程度顯著高於二、三與四年級僑生。 六、「聯繫性」可以正向預測幸福感，顯示出大學僑生網絡「聯繫性」愈高，其幸福感的程度也越高。 七、在幸福感的預測分析中，不同來源的社會支持可以有效預測幸福感，「朋友支持」、「家人支持」與「師長支持」三者皆可以正向預測幸福感，顯示出支持來源的三個面向對大學僑生而言同等重要，亦表示大學僑生若獲得朋友、家人、師長支持來源愈多，其幸福感的程度也越高。 八、不同社會支持類型可以預測幸福感，其中以情緒性支持的預測力最高，顯示大學僑生獲得情緒性的支持愈多，其幸福感的程度也越高。This study is aimed to investigate and understand the social network and sense of happiness of overseas Chinese students in Taiwan, as well as to analyze the differences among students from different backgrounds, such as gender, grade and nationality. A sample of 797 overseas Chinese students completed an online questionnaire assessing social networks, social support and happiness. Data was analyzed by descriptive statistics, ANOVA, repeated measures and Multiple Regression. Main results are as followings: (1)Size of social networks of students from Hong Kong and Macau are smaller than those from Malaysia and other countries. For those students from Malaysia and other countries, males reported bigger size of social networks than females. Besides, 3-way interaction among nationality, gender and grade was also significant. (2)Strength of social connection was weaker for those students from Hong Kong and Macau than those from other countries. (3)Among different sources of social supports, the main source is the support from family. (4)Among different types of social supports, the most important type is emotional support. (5)The sense of happiness of those overseas students changed with grades, which showed that freshmen were happier than seniors. (6)Social connection positively predicted happiness. (7)Different sources of social supports from friends, family, and teachers can all positively predict happiness. (8)Different types of social supports can all predict happiness. However, emotional support served as the strongest positive predictor