Predict academic performance based on family support, Friends Support and Others Support: The Mediating Role of Academic Self-Efficacy, Academic Resilience and Academic Engagement

The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of the family support, friends support and others support on the academic Performance with the mediating role of academic self-efficacy, academic resilience and academic engagement. This descriptive correlational study was performed on students of Payam Noor University of Bojnourd. 500 students who were selected through multi stage stratified random sampling method completed the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, the College Academic Self-Efficacy Scale, the Academic Resilience Inventory and the Schoolwork Engagement Inventory. The data were analyzed by Pearson correlation test and path analysis in SPSSV19 and AMOSV20 software. The results of Pearson correlation showed that there is a positive and meaningful correlation between all of variables in model. Also results of path analysis showed that family support and friends support had a significant role in predicting academic performance either directly or indirectly with the mediation of academic self-efficacy, academic resilience and academic engagement. The direct effect of others support on academic performance was not significant. But this variable also had a significant effect in predicting academic performance with the mediation of other variables. In general, the research findings showed that family support, friends support, academic self-efficacy, academic resilience and academic engagement play a determining role in predicting academic performance. Therefore, according to the findings of this study, it is recommended that the necessary measures be taken to increase social support, academic self-efficacy, academic resilience and academic engagement in order to enhance the academic performance of students.