This paper aims at measuring the mediating effect of psychological wellbeing in the relationship between university students’ self-esteem and their academic achievement, as well as examining the direct and indirect effect of peer-support to academic achievement through psychological wellbeing. | Mediating role of psychological well-being in the relationship between self-esteem and university students s academic performance International Journal of Management IJM Volume 11 Issue 1 January 2020 156 Article ID IJM_11_01_015 Available online at http ijm JType IJM amp VType 11 amp IType 1 Journal Impact Factor 2019 Calculated by GISI ISSN Print 0976-6502 and ISSN Online 0976-6510 IAEME Publication Scopus Indexed MEDIATING ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-ESTEEM AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE Alexius Wantur Faculty of Psychology Universitas Persada Indonesia Diponegoro Street No. 74 Central Jakarta Indonesia Asmadi Alsa Faculty of Psychology Universitas Persada Indonesia Diponegoro Street No. 74 Central Jakarta Indonesia Wazar Pulungan Faculty of Psychology Universitas Persada Indonesia Diponegoro Street No. 74 Central Jakarta Indonesia ABSTRACT This paper aims at measuring the mediating effect of psychological wellbeing in the relationship between university students self-esteem and their academic achievement as well as examining the direct and indirect effect of peer-support to academic achievement through psychological wellbeing. For these purposes a quantitative research with specific reference to empirical survey was conducted with the active participation of 204 university students. Results of structural equation modelling SEM analysis indicate that there was a positive and significant mediating effect of psychological wellbeing in the relationship between self-esteem and students academic achievement. However the direct effect of students peer-support to their academic achievement was greater compared to its indirect effect through students psychological wellbeing. This concludes that both psychological wellbeing and peer- support play significant roles in supporting the academic achievements of students. This study implies the .
