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Perceived social support from parents and teachers’ influence on students' mathematics-related self-beliefs
Abstract
Studies have shown that parents’ and teachers’ behaviours shape young people’s self-beliefs and achievement in mathematics. Little research has documented the ways in which perceived social support (PSS) promotes students’ self-beliefs (self-confidence and self-concept) towards mathematics in Ghana. Given the important role that students’ PSS (from parents and teachers) plays in fostering children's academic interest, this paper aims to identify the empirical link between PSS and students’ mathematics self-beliefs. The sample consisted of 2034 12th grade (average age = 18.49, girls = 58.20%) high-school students. The possible mediating role of students’ self-confidence on the relationship between students’ PSS and self-concept was examined using latent variable structural equation modelling. The results indicated that PSS statistically significantly predicts students’ mathematics self-belief. Moreover, students’ mathematics self-confidence was found to play a mediating role between PSS and mathematics self-concept. The proportion of the effects mediated, however, varied across the two support sources from 12% to 34%. The findings lend support to the theoretical assumptions in the literature that supportive social relationships influence students’ self-beliefs.
