Formation Mechanism of Legal Motivation Among College Students: A Moderated Mediation Model Involving Core Self-Evaluation and Social Support.

ABSTRACT: This research examines how perceived social support shapes the legal motivation of Chinese university students by unraveling the underlying psychological pathways. Integrating the relational legal socialization framework with self-determination theory, we test a moderated mediation model in which subjective social support, comprising emotional and informational resources from families, peers, and institutions, exerts both a direct effect on legal motivation and an indirect effect through core self-evaluation, which is characterized by stable, positive self-beliefs. Additionally, we investigate the role of objective social support, defined as concrete resources and formal assistance, in moderating the link between subjective support and core self-evaluation. Utilizing survey responses from

SUBMITTER: Xu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12649237 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature