Resiliency and academic engagement: A moderated mediation model

The present study examined whether general self‐efficacy (GSE) mediated the association between resiliency and academic engagement, and whether social support moderated the mediating process. Participants included 1549 Chinese adolescents (Mage = 16.71 years old, 629 boys). Using self‐reported questionnaires, our study found that, after controlling for youth age, sex, and family socioeconomic status, GSE partially mediated the positive relation between resiliency and academic engagement. Further, social support moderated the association between resiliency and GSE, as well as the association between resiliency and academic engagement. Findings underline the significance of identifying the mediating and moderating factors linking resiliency and academic engagement. Implications and future research directions were discussed. Highlights Resiliency was positively associated with academic engagement. General self‐efficacy (GSE) partly mediated the relation between resiliency and academic engagement. Social support moderated the relation between resiliency and GSE. Social support also moderated the relation between resiliency and academic engagement.