Open AccessSocial Support and Academic Burnout Among University Students: A Moderated Mediation Model
Author(s) -
Yuqiao Ye,
Xiuyu Huang,
Yang Liu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
psychology research and behavior management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1179-1578
DOI - 10.2147/prbm.s300797
Subject(s) - burnout , psychology , mediation , social support , moderated mediation , structural equation modeling , social psychology , socioeconomic status , life satisfaction , multilevel model , clinical psychology , political science , demography , sociology , population , statistics , mathematics , machine learning , computer science , law
An increasing number of studies have been carried out to investigate the relationship between social support and study motivation among university students, but underlying mechanisms behind this pathway have not been fully verified. In the present study, we aimed to test the effect of social support on academic burnout (decrease in study motivation); examine the mediating effect of life satisfaction on the association between social support and academic burnout; and explore whether this mediating effect varied across (moderated mediation) students of different socioeconomic status (SES).