What do I need from myself as a student but also from others to reduce the impact of stress on academic performance? Self-efficacy and social support
IntroductionThe literature emphasizes the link between academic stress and academic performance and the fact that the most vulnerable students are first-year students, but we still need to understand the underlying mechanism for forming targeted intervention strategies and the protective factors. Th...
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| author | Ancuţa Elena Pǎduraru Camelia Soponaru Cǎtǎlin Dîrţu Ovidiu Gavrilovici Mihaela Dana Bucuţǎ |
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| description | IntroductionThe literature emphasizes the link between academic stress and academic performance and the fact that the most vulnerable students are first-year students, but we still need to understand the underlying mechanism for forming targeted intervention strategies and the protective factors. The main objective of the present study was to test the mediating effect of self-efficacy and social support on the relationship between academic stress and academic performance. We also aimed to identify the main sources of stress and their significant sources of support.MethodsData were collected via an online survey platform in January 2024, with 436 students, with a mean age of 19.99 ± 3.72, responding affirmatively to our invitation. Thus, in this cross-sectional study, the sample was a convenience sample.ResultsThe highest source of stress was the pressure to perform, followed by time restraints, perceptions of workload and examinations, and self-perceptions. The highest level of support is obtained from significant others, followed by family support and, last, friends' support. Both self-efficacy and social support partially mediate the effect of academic stress on academic performance.ConclusionsOur results suggest that one way to improve students' performance, even when they experience academic stress, is to increase their levels of social support, especially from family, as well as their self-efficacy. These results can be used by services that provide psychological support to students in order to design and implement intervention programs. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2dd172f08cb041cb8af2b06ceb0d50252025-01-24T07:13:50ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Education2504-284X2025-01-01910.3389/feduc.2024.14698651469865What do I need from myself as a student but also from others to reduce the impact of stress on academic performance? Self-efficacy and social supportAncuţa Elena Pǎduraru0Camelia Soponaru1Cǎtǎlin Dîrţu2Ovidiu Gavrilovici3Mihaela Dana Bucuţǎ4Department of Psychology, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi, Iaşi, RomaniaDepartment of Psychology, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi, Iaşi, RomaniaDepartment of Psychology, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi, Iaşi, RomaniaDepartment of Psychology, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi, Iaşi, RomaniaDepartment of Psychology, “Lucian Blaga University” of Sibiu, Sibiu, RomaniaIntroductionThe literature emphasizes the link between academic stress and academic performance and the fact that the most vulnerable students are first-year students, but we still need to understand the underlying mechanism for forming targeted intervention strategies and the protective factors. The main objective of the present study was to test the mediating effect of self-efficacy and social support on the relationship between academic stress and academic performance. We also aimed to identify the main sources of stress and their significant sources of support.MethodsData were collected via an online survey platform in January 2024, with 436 students, with a mean age of 19.99 ± 3.72, responding affirmatively to our invitation. Thus, in this cross-sectional study, the sample was a convenience sample.ResultsThe highest source of stress was the pressure to perform, followed by time restraints, perceptions of workload and examinations, and self-perceptions. The highest level of support is obtained from significant others, followed by family support and, last, friends' support. Both self-efficacy and social support partially mediate the effect of academic stress on academic performance.ConclusionsOur results suggest that one way to improve students' performance, even when they experience academic stress, is to increase their levels of social support, especially from family, as well as their self-efficacy. These results can be used by services that provide psychological support to students in order to design and implement intervention programs.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2024.1469865/fullacademic performanceself-efficacysocial supportacademic stressuniversity students |
| spellingShingle | Ancuţa Elena Pǎduraru Camelia Soponaru Cǎtǎlin Dîrţu Ovidiu Gavrilovici Mihaela Dana Bucuţǎ What do I need from myself as a student but also from others to reduce the impact of stress on academic performance? Self-efficacy and social support Frontiers in Education academic performance self-efficacy social support academic stress university students |
| title | What do I need from myself as a student but also from others to reduce the impact of stress on academic performance? Self-efficacy and social support |
| title_full | What do I need from myself as a student but also from others to reduce the impact of stress on academic performance? Self-efficacy and social support |
| title_fullStr | What do I need from myself as a student but also from others to reduce the impact of stress on academic performance? Self-efficacy and social support |
| title_full_unstemmed | What do I need from myself as a student but also from others to reduce the impact of stress on academic performance? Self-efficacy and social support |
| title_short | What do I need from myself as a student but also from others to reduce the impact of stress on academic performance? Self-efficacy and social support |
| title_sort | what do i need from myself as a student but also from others to reduce the impact of stress on academic performance self efficacy and social support |
| topic | academic performance self-efficacy social support academic stress university students |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2024.1469865/full |
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