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RESEARCH PAPER
The Impact of Learning Self-efficacy on Social Support towards Learned Helplessness in China
Shaowei Wu 1,2
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Chia-Ching Tu 3
 
 
 
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Doctoral Candidate in Education Management at China-ASEAN International College, Dhurakij Pundit University, THAILAND
 
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Zhengzhou Institute of Industrial Application Technology, Zhengzhou, CHINA
 
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Educational Management Department, CHINA-ASEAN International College, Dhurakij Pundit University, THAILAND
 
 
Online publication date: 2019-12-18
 
 
Publication date: 2019-12-18
 
 
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2019;15(10):em1825
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/115457
 
 
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KEYWORDS
learning self-efficacy
learned helplessness
social support
higher vocational student
moderating role
 
ABSTRACT
This study explored the moderating role of social support between learning self-efficacy and learned helplessness in higher vocational students in Henan Province, People’s Republic of China. The Learning Self-Efficacy Scale, Social Support Scale, and Learned Helplessness Scale were adopted to conduct questionnaire surveys, which involved 1,067 students in five Chinese higher vocational colleges. A hierarchical regression model was used to analyze the role of social support in moderating the relationship between learning self-efficacy and learned helplessness. This study observed that learning self-efficacy had a negative effect on learned helplessness and that social support played a moderating role between learning self-efficacy and learned helplessness in the students.
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