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Academic buoyancy also demonstrates a significant correlation with test anxiety. However, there has been limited research on the potential relationship between perceived social support, academic buoyancy, and test anxiety. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of specific sources and types of students perceived social support (e.g., emotional support from parents, teachers, and friends) on test anxiety and examine whether academic buoyancy serves as a mediating variable in the relationship between perceived social support and test anxiety. A total of 565 final-year high school students were selected as respondents from Heilongjiang Province in China. The result of SEM analysis indicated that the three sources of student-perceived emotional support could not predict test anxiety directly, but the students perceived three sources emotional support may have an indirect effect on test anxiety through the mediating role of academic buoyancy. In particular, perceived friend emotional support is the most beneficial among these sources of support for students. The anticipated outcomes of this study are expected to provide educators, counselors, and parents with key insights into the factors that alleviate test anxiety in high school students.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/bs15040449","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,1]],"date-time":"2025-04-01T11:17:57Z","timestamp":1743506277000},"page":"449","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Perceived Social Support from Parents, Teachers, and Friends as Predictors of Test Anxiety in Chinese Final-Year High School Students: The Mediating Role of Academic Buoyancy"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Danwei","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6230-3336","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nor Aniza","family":"Ahmad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1795-1606","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Samsilah","family":"Roslan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"36","DOI":"10.1007\/s10964-008-9367-7","article-title":"Perceived social support and early adolescents\u2019 achievement: The mediational roles of motivational beliefs and emotions","volume":"39","author":"Ahmed","year":"2010","journal-title":"Journal of Youth and Adolescence"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"248","DOI":"10.1016\/0749-5978(91)90022-L","article-title":"Social cognitive theory of self-regulation","volume":"50","author":"Bandura","year":"1991","journal-title":"Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes"},{"key":"ref_3","first-page":"71","article-title":"Developing of school satisfaction model based on perception of classroom environment and perception of teacher support mediated by academic buoyancy and academic engagement","volume":"8","author":"Bayramnejad","year":"2021","journal-title":"Research in School and Virtual Learning"},{"key":"ref_4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"417","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1467-9507.2009.00540.x","article-title":"Social support from parents, friends, classmates, and teachers in children and adolescents aged 9 to 18 years: Who is perceived as most supportive?","volume":"19","author":"Bokhorst","year":"2010","journal-title":"Social Development"},{"key":"ref_5","unstructured":"Campbell, D. 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