Aims: The importance of social support as a predictor of well‐being has been documented in the literature for decades. The extent to which social support may be uniquely relevant to the well‐being of ethnic minority populations has not yet been empirically supported with meta‐analytic techniques. The current meta‐analytic study attempted to clarify the nuances of the relationship between support and well‐being in ethnic minority populations and to identify what moderators may be relevant to understanding such relationships. Method: Data from 111 articles were included in the analyses that examined both the main effects and moderators of the relationship between social support and well‐being. Results: Overall findings revealed a greater effect size (ES) between support and positive well‐being (r = .38) than between support and negative well‐being (r = −.27). Significant moderators included the proportion of females in the sample, age of the participants, and nature of support. Several ES differences were found in support type and ethnic group interactions as well. Conclusions: Implications of these data include the importance of social support enhancement in efforts to increase the positive well‐being and attending to gender and other cultural modifiers in future studies of social support with racial and ethnic minorities.

中文翻译：

---

对少数族裔人群支持变量和幸福感的荟萃分析

目的：数十年来，文献证明社会支持对幸福感的重要性。荟萃分析技术还没有从经验上支持社会支持在多大程度上与少数民族人口的福祉相关。当前的荟萃分析研究试图阐明少数民族人口支持与福祉之间关系的细微差别，并确定哪些主持人可能与理解这种关系有关。方法：分析了111篇文章的数据，分析了社会支持与福祉之间关系的主要影响和调节因素。结果：总体结果表明支持和积极幸福感（之间具有更大的影响大小（ES）[R = 0.38），而不是支持与负健康之间的差异（r  = −.27）。重要的主持人包括样本中女性的比例，参与者的年龄和支持的性质。在支持类型和种族互动方面也发现了几种ES差异。结论：这些数据的含义包括在未来的对种族和少数民族社会支持的研究中，增强社会支持在增加积极的福祉以及关注性别和其他文化修饰因素方面的重要性。