Understanding the relationship of academic motivation and social support in graduate nursing education in Egypt

BMC Nursing

Table 4 A hierarchical regression analysis between academic motivation, perceived social support, and other covariates. (n = 410)

	Model	Unstandardized Coefficients		Standardized Coefficients	t	Sig.	F	Sig.	R	R²	Adjusted R²
	Model	B	Std. Error	Beta	t	Sig.	F	Sig.	R	R²	Adjusted R²
Step1	(Constant)	61.082	3.755		16.269	< 0.001*
	MSPSS	5.591	0.742	0.350	7.535	< 0.001*	56.777 *	< 0.001*	0.350	0.122	0.120
Step2	(Constant)	66.461	4.402		15.098	< 0.001*
	MSPSS	5.551	0.738	0.347	7.519	< 0.001*	31.354	< 0.001*	0.365	0.134	0.129
	Educational levels	-2.748	1.191	-0.107	-2.308	0.021*	31.354	< 0.001*	0.365	0.134	0.129

MSPSS: Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
a.: dependent variable (Academic Motivation); b: independent variable (Perceived Social Support, Educational levels)
F (ANOVA)
R2: Coefficient of determination
B: Unstandardized Coefficients
Beta: Standardized Coefficients
t: t-test of significance
LL: Lower limit UL: Upper Limit
*: Statistically significant value at p ≤ 0.01

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