The structural model of social well-being based on social responsibility with the mediating role of perceived social support in HIV patients

This research was conducted to develop a causal model of social well-being based on social responsibility with the mediating role of perceived social support in HIV patients.

Methods and Materials:

 The cross-sectional research method is correlational. The statistical population of the present study included patients with HIV who visited behavioral counseling centers in Alborz province in 2021; 400 people were selected by available and voluntary sampling. In this research, tools of social well-being (Keys, 1998), social responsibility (Carroll, 2012) and perceived social support (Zimet et al., 1988) were used. In order to analyze the data, SPSS-V25 and Smart PLS software were used. Also, in order to test the research hypotheses, structural equation modeling was used.

The research findings showed that the model maintains a good fit. The results showed that social responsibility has a direct effect on the social well-being of HIV patients. Social responsibility has an indirect effect on the social well-being of HIV patients through perceived social support.

Since one's satisfaction with the social support of the family prevents mental helplessness and, as a result, better social efficiency and a greater sense of responsibility for the health of the society, and because in this survey, most of the subjects had weak perceived social support, it is recommended by informing and educating the family of the affected; To improve the social welfare of these patients.