The moderating roles of perceived family and peer social support on the relationship between perceived stress and academic motivation

• Main Authors: Atilano, Daniella Marie Velayo, Bautista, John Kyle Terana, Collado, Rhys Hahn Jermaine Alabado
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2023
• Subjects: Motivation in education; Stress (Psychology); Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdb_psych/26
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study hypothesized that students’ perceived social support from family and friends would buffer the effect of perceived stress to their academic motivation. In this cross-sectional study, 311 Filipino undergraduate students completed a 4-part self-administered survey containing scales on perceived stress, academic motivation, and perceived social support from family and friends. The results from the regression and moderation analysis revealed that perceived stress negatively predicts academic motivation, but perceived social support from family and friends did not buffer the relationship between perceived stress and academic motivation. Nonetheless, results showed that perceived social support from family and friends still have a direct and significant effect on one’s academic motivation. The study's findings corroborate earlier studies in the areas of small-scale academic motivation and social support provided by family and friends. Keywords: Perceived stress, Academic motivation, Perceived social support, Family social support, and Peer social support