社会支持系统,也称社会关系网,是20世纪70年代西方心理学界提出的一个专业词汇,即个人在自己的社会关系网络中所能获得的、来自他人的物质和精神上的帮助和支援。社会支持从性质上可以分为两类,一类为客观的、可见的或实际的支持,包括物质上的直接援助和社会网络、团体关系的存在和参与,或者是指稳定的(如家庭、婚姻、朋友、同事等)或不稳定的社会联系(如非正式团体、暂时性的社会交际等)的大小和可获得程度,这类支持独立于个体的感受, Social support system, also known as social network, is a professional vocabulary put forward by Western psychology community in the 1970s, that is, the material and spiritual help and support that individuals can obtain from their own social network. Social support can be divided into two categories in nature, one is objective, visible or actual support, including material direct assistance and social networks, the existence and participation of group relationships, or stable (such as family, Marriage, friends, colleagues, etc.) or unstable social connections (such as informal groups, temporary social interactions, etc.) that are independent of the individual’s feelings,