Does Social Support Perception Play a Mediating Role in The Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Life Satisfaction?

Abstract

In this study, the mediating role of social support in the relationship between self-efficacy and life satisfaction was examined. The sample of the research was 521 students from three high schools located in Küçükçekmece District of Istanbul. The participants were selected using the cluster sampling method. Self-efficacy, satisfaction with life, and perceived social support scales were used in the study. In the research, the mediating effects of the model were made through PROCESS Macro and "Model 6" was used. Positive significant correlations were found between social support and self-efficacy and life satisfaction. Social support was found to have a mediating role in female students in the relationship between self-efficacy and life satisfaction when family, friend and teacher support were together, while it was found to have a mediating role in male students when only friend support and family support were together. In addition to these, it was found that male students perceived more family and friend support than female students, students with high levels of success perceived more social support and they had higher self-efficacy and life satisfaction. Finally, it was found that students with high level of income perceived more teacher support and they had higher self-efficacy.