Mediation of Psychological Capital between Academic Stress and Positive Academic Behaviour of College Students

Abstract

The study was carried out to examine the mediation of psychological capital between academic stress and academic behaviour of college students. Psychological capital included hope, efficacy, resilience, and optimism. Academic stress included frustration,pressure, conflict and anxiety. Positive academic behaviour included academic engagement, perceived academic competence, learning strategies and class room interaction. Participants were 180 randomly selected college students who responded to Luthan’sPsyCap Questionnaire, Sia’s Academic Behaviour Scale, and Rao’s Academic Stress Scale.Correlational analyses pointed out that the attributes of psychological capital have significant positive correlations with all the attributes of positive academic behaviours and negative correlations with all attributes of academic stress. Similarly, the attributes of academic stress have significant negative correlations with all the attributes of positive academic behaviours. Confirmatory factor analyses were carried out for each attribute of psychological capital and adequate model fits were obtained. The results revealed significant mediationeffect of each attributes of psychological capital to reduce the negative impacts of academic stress on positive academic behaviours.