The influence of instructor support, family support and psychological capital on the well-being of postgraduate students: a moderated mediation model

Ingrid Nielsen; Alexander Newman; Russell Smyth; Giles Hirst; Barbara Heilemann

doi:10.1080/03075079.2015.1135116

The influence of instructor support, family support and psychological capital on the well-being of postgraduate students: a moderated mediation model

Ingrid Nielsen, Alexander Newman, Russell Smyth, Giles Hirst, Barbara Heilemann

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The influence of instructor support, family support and psychological capital (PsyCap) on the subjective well-being of postgraduate business students, including whether PsyCap mediates the proposed support – well-being relationship were examined in this study. It was further investigated whether family support moderates this proposed mediated relationship. Direct positive relationships between instructor support and well-being, and between PsyCap and well-being were found. It was also found that PsyCap mediates the instructor support – well-being relationship. Finally, it was found that family support moderates this mediated relationship in such a way that the relationship is stronger among students with lower levels of family support.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2099-2115
Number of pages	17
Journal	Studies in Higher Education
Volume	42
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2015.1135116
Publication status	Published - 2017

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business schools
mediation
postgraduate students
support
well-being

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