Analyzing the mediating role of academic resilience and peer support in the relationship between academic buoyancy and student’s self-efficacy

The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of academic vitality on students' self-efficacy with the mediating role of peer support and academic resilience.

The method of the present research is practical in terms of purpose, and in terms of the method of data collection, it is descriptive of the correlation type. The statistical population of this research is all male students of the first secondary level of Qain city, based on stratified random sampling, 214 of them were selected as a sample. SPSS and Smart-PLS software were used for data analysis. To measure the research variables, Martin and Marsh (2013), Liang (2000), Martin and Marsh (2006) and Jiang (1999) questionnaires were used, and their reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha. Academic vitality has a positive and significant effect on students' self-efficacy both directly and indirectly through the mediation of peer support and academic resilience.

The results of the present research have brought innovations in the field of self-efficacy and personal development of students and help the officials and policy makers of the country's education in understanding the effectiveness of academic vitality, peer support and resilience in promoting self-efficacy.