William Chaney
Emadpoor, L., Lavasani, M. G., & Shahcheraghi, S. M. (2016). Relationship between perceived social support and psychological well-being among students based on mediating role of academic motivation. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 14, 284–290. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-015-9608-4
371 female high school students were administered the Psychological well-beng quesstionnaire, The Social Support Appraisals scale, and the Questionnaire of Academic motivation using a correlational analysis used to examine the relationship between social support and psychological support.
13% of academic motivation and both predicted 37% of psychological well-being, supporting the researchers' hypotheses.
The article articulated the methods of measuring social support effectively