The Relationship Between Social Support and Employment Anxiety Among College Students: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy
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total of 449 valid questionnaires were returned through a web-based survey using the Social Support Rating Scale, the Employment Anxiety
Scale, and the General Self-Efficacy Scale. The study showed that social support was significantly and negatively correlated with employment
anxiety (r=-0.371, P <0.01), social support was significantly and positively correlated with self-efficacy (r=0.313, P <0.01), and self-efficacy
was significantly and negatively correlated with employment anxiety (r=-0.309, P <0.01). Self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship
between social support and employment anxiety, and the mediating effect accounted for 18.1% of the total effect. Social support of college
students can directly affect employment anxiety, but it can also affect employment anxiety through the mediation of self-efficacy.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/neet.v2i5.4625
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