The transition to college represents a major life event, and successfully navigating this shift h... more The transition to college represents a major life event, and successfully navigating this shift has implications for students’ psychosocial wellbeing. While there is ample support for the idea that social relationships can facilitate student wellbeing during the transition to college, there is limited understanding of the unique role faculty may play in supporting students. The aim of this study was to determine the relation of faculty support to student wellbeing and self-efficacy, independent of peer support and student level of stress. Additionally, the primary questions were to examine whether self-efficacy mediated the relation of faculty support to student wellbeing, and whether faculty support buffered the impact of stress to student wellbeing. Participants included 147 undergraduate students (Mage = 23.14, 69.4% female) from a Midwestern university, who completed a series of surveys assessing their levels of support in belonging on campus, their subjective happiness, self-ef...
The transition to college represents a major life event, and successfully navigating this shift h... more The transition to college represents a major life event, and successfully navigating this shift has implications for students’ psychosocial wellbeing. While there is ample support for the idea that social relationships can facilitate student wellbeing during the transition to college, there is limited understanding of the unique role faculty may play in supporting students. The aim of this study was to determine the relation of faculty support to student wellbeing and self-efficacy, independent of peer support and student level of stress. Additionally, the primary questions were to examine whether self-efficacy mediated the relation of faculty support to student wellbeing, and whether faculty support buffered the impact of stress to student wellbeing. Participants included 147 undergraduate students (Mage = 23.14, 69.4% female) from a Midwestern university, who completed a series of surveys assessing their levels of support in belonging on campus, their subjective happiness, self-ef...
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