Causal Modeling of Student Social Support, Academic Skills and Academic Self-efficacy

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

1 Master of General Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

Abstract
Structural equation modeling research. The purpose of this study was to investigate the fitness of the causal model of student social support, academic skills and academic self-efficacy.  The present study was a correlational study. The population of this study included all tenth grade students in Shiraz who were studying in the academic year 2019-2020. 200 of student (146 female students and 54 male students) were selected using voluntary sampling method and respond to the Student Social Support (SSSS), Academic Skills (SSI) and the Standard Academic Self-efficacy Questionnaire. Data analysis was performed at both descriptive and inferential method using SPSS22 and AMOS22 software. Bootstrapping method was used to examine the mediating role of the variables in Amos software. Results showed that the causal model has a good fitness and student social support was positive predictor of the academic skills and academic self-efficacy. In addition, academic skills have mediated role between student social support and academic self-efficacy. In general, it can be concluded that student social support can increase academic self-efficacy by increasing academic skills.
 

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