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BACKGROUND: Psychological well‑being is an important part that undergraduate students anduniversities cannot neglect as it helps students lead a better study life at the university. Variousstudies revealed that social support can affect students’ psychological well‑being. However, the causalrelationship between social support and psychological well‑being has received little attention in NorthChina. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to analyze the causal relationship between socialsupport and psychological well‑being among undergraduate students in North China.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The survey approach was adopted and conducted with a total of 689undergraduate students in North China. Data were collected using a reliable questionnaire. Dataanalysis was performed with descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation, and structural equationmodeling at P < 0.01 significance level using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) andLinear Structural Relations (LISREL).RESULTS: The overall levels of social support and psychological well‑being among undergraduatestudents in North China were high. All observed variables in this study were significantly correlated.The findings also confirmed that the causal relationship between social support and undergraduatestudents’ psychological well‑being in North China fitted to the empirical data well (χ2 [22, N = 689]= 27.69, χ2/degree of freedom [df] = 1.26, P = 0.19, goodness of fit index [GFI] = 0.99, adjustedgoodness of fit index [AGFI] = 0.98, comparative fit index [CFI] = 1.00, standardized root mean squareresidual [SRMR] = 0.02, root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA] = 0.02).CONCLUSIONS: Undergraduate students’ psychological well‑being had been significantly affectedby social support in North China. The findings from the current study will be useful for universityadministrators to develop strategies for the enhancement of undergraduate students’ psychologicalwell‑being.