Social Support and Subjective Well-Being in Chinese Art Students: The Moderating Effect of Positive Thinking

This study focuses on the correlation between social support, positive thinking, and subjective well-being among Chinese art and design college students. In order to obtain the relevant data, the research team distributed and collected 280 questionnaires from sophomore to senior art and design students of university in Quanzhou city, Fujian province, China, from 4 March 2025 to 10 March 2025, and then collected the data. After the completion of data collection, the researchers used SPSS professional statistical software to conduct a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the collected data. The results of the analyses showed that there was a significant positive correlation between the level of social support and positive thinking as well as subjective well-being for the art and design students. This means that the more social support students receive, the better their positive thinking tends to develop and the stronger their subjective well-being is experienced. In addition, the study also found a significant positive correlation between positive thinking and subjective well-being, meaning that the richer the students' positive thinking, the higher their level of subjective well-being. Based on the above findings, this study suggests that effective measures should be taken to improve the social support and positive thinking ability of art and design majors, so as to improve the subjective well-being of the majors as a whole, and to help them grow and develop better.