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Publication Date: 2018-Feb
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Does Everyone Benefit Equally from Self-Efficacy Beliefs? The Moderating Role of Perceived Social Support on Motivation
Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem
Journal of Early Adolescence, v38 n2 p204-219 Feb 2018
This study investigated whether perceived goal support from family and friends may moderate the relationship between academic self-efficacy and motivational outcomes among early adolescent students recruited from a low-middle socio-economic status (SES) background school in Turkey (N = 319, [X-bar][subscript age] = 13.13, SD = 0.80). Self-report questionnaires included measures of academic self-efficacy, perceived family and friend support, and academic and career motivations. Academic self-efficacy and perceived support from family related positively to both types of motivation. Children who perceived lower family support benefited more from the positive effects of self-efficacy on motivations, whereas children with higher family support seemed to gain less (or not gain at all) from self-enhancing functions of self-efficacy. Same findings were found for peer support, but only when family support was excluded from analyses. Findings implied the need to study larger family and peer contexts under which self-efficacy beliefs may be more or less effective on motivation.
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Self Efficacy, Student Motivation, Social Support Groups, Foreign Countries, Family Relationship, Peer Relationship, Secondary School Students, Predictor Variables, Statistical Analysis, Questionnaires, Factor Analysis
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Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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