Psychological need satisfaction and academic stress in college students: mediator role of grit and academic self-efficacy

Çınar-Tanrıverdi E., Karabacak Çelik A.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION, cilt.38, sa.1, ss.131-160, 2023 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 38 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10212-022-00658-1
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, PASCAL, Child Development & Adolescent Studies, EBSCO Education Source, Educational research abstracts (ERA), ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, Psycinfo, Violence & Abuse Abstracts, DIALNET
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.131-160
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Psychological need satisfaction, Academic stress, Grit, Academic self-efficacy, EDUCATIONAL STRESS, AUTONOMY SUPPORT, BALANCED MEASURE, BMPN SCALE, SCHOOL, PERFORMANCE, DEPRESSION, DISTRESS, ACHIEVEMENT, ENGAGEMENT
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Students, who are trying to complete academic activities in an educational environment, are objected to academic stress. Research results indicated that this stress can be reduced by the individual and psychosocial resources of them. So, this study aimed to determine the mediating role of grit and academic self-efficacy in the relationship between students' psychological need satisfaction and academic stress. The research was conducted on 967 college students who are studying at education, theology, and medical education faculty. We used serial mediation analysis to determine the mediator effect. Results demonstrated that there are statistically significant positive relationships between autonomy, competence, and relatedness, which are the components of psychological need satisfaction, grit, and academic self-efficacy, and negative relationships between academic stress. Mediation analysis results showed that the serial mediator effect of grit and academic self-efficacy was statistically significant in the relationship between autonomy, competence, relatedness, and academic stress. The research findings were interpreted according to the self-determination theory and positive psychology literature.