# Measuring life satisfaction of self-help groups: Role of perceived social support and social empowerment

## TL;DR

This study explores how social support and empowerment affect life satisfaction in women's self-help groups, with a focus on the mediating and moderating roles of these factors.

## Contribution

The study introduces a novel analysis of social empowerment as a mediator and external communication as a moderator in the context of self-help groups.

## Key findings

- Social empowerment partially mediates the relationship between perceived social support and life satisfaction.
- External communication moderates the relationship between perceived social support and life satisfaction.
- The study confirms a positive relationship between perceived social support and life satisfaction.

## Abstract

This study was designed to investigate the mediation effects of social empowerment (SE) in the relationship between perceived social support (PSS) and life satisfaction (LS) in women self-help group members. Also, this research attempted to understand the moderating effect of decision making (DM) and external communication (EC) on the relationship between the constructs.

To achieve the above objective, the primary data were collected from the self-help group women members by using an existing scale. In this survey, 333 participants who are members of self-help group completed the questionnaire and considered for the study. The study is non-experimental and survey-based, with no interventions or manipulations involved. In line with ethical guidelines, we obtained informed consent directly from each respondent before their participation.

The path coefficient values, t-statistics and P-Values confirmed the positive relationship between PSS->LS; PSS->SE & SE->LS in women self-group members. PLS structural equation modelling estimated by the bootstrap method revealed that SE partially mediates the relationship between PSS & LS. With regard to the interaction effect, the slope analysis and f
2 effect size confirmed the moderating effect of EC in the relationship between PSS -> LS & SE -> LS.