Social Support Moderates the Relationship Between Stressors and Task Performance Through Self-Efficacy

• DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2009.28.2.244
• Publication Date: 2009-02-24T14:42:47Z
• Authors: Tim Rees; Paul Freeman
• Keywords: Stressor; Moderated mediation

This study examined the relationship between social support and objective task performance in a field setting. A sample of 197 participants, mean age 23.13 years (SD 3.56) completed measures stressors, support, self-efficacy prior to performance. Moderated hierarchical regression analysis revealed significant (p < .05) main effects for stressors (R2 = .12) (ΔR2 .14) relation performance, hypothesized directions. interaction .06) suggested that moderated (buffered) mediation demonstrated was associated with increases self-efficacy, enhanced but this effect only salient at moderate high levels stressors.