TY - JOUR
T1 - How social support influences university students' academic achievement and emotional exhaustion
T2 - the mediating role of self-esteem
AU - Li, Jie
AU - Han, Xue
AU - Wang, Wangshuai
AU - Sun, Gong
AU - Cheng, Zhiming
PY - 2018/1
Y1 - 2018/1
N2 - Improving the quality of life for students has become a major concern for educational institutions. Using a sample of 262 university students (mean age 19.25 years) in China, this study investigates the mediating role of self-esteem in the relationships between social support and academic achievement and between social support and emotional exhaustion. Students in our sample completed questionnaires designed to assess their perceived social support, self-esteem, academic achievement, and emotional exhaustion. The results of path analysis suggest that self-esteem fully mediates the relationship between social support and academic achievement and the relationship between social support and emotional exhaustion. This study's implications and limitations are discussed.
AB - Improving the quality of life for students has become a major concern for educational institutions. Using a sample of 262 university students (mean age 19.25 years) in China, this study investigates the mediating role of self-esteem in the relationships between social support and academic achievement and between social support and emotional exhaustion. Students in our sample completed questionnaires designed to assess their perceived social support, self-esteem, academic achievement, and emotional exhaustion. The results of path analysis suggest that self-esteem fully mediates the relationship between social support and academic achievement and the relationship between social support and emotional exhaustion. This study's implications and limitations are discussed.
KW - Social support
KW - Self-esteem
KW - Academic achievement
KW - Emotional exhaustion
KW - University students
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85037137410&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.lindif.2017.11.016
DO - 10.1016/j.lindif.2017.11.016
M3 - Article
SN - 1041-6080
VL - 61
SP - 120
EP - 126
JO - Learning and Individual Differences
JF - Learning and Individual Differences
ER -