The social relations of university students: intensity, interaction and association with academic performance /Las relaciones sociales de los estudiantes en la universidad: intensidad, interrelación y vinculación con el rendimiento académico
| Autor: | Débora Nicolau-Juliá, José-Vicente Tomás-Miquel, Manuel Expósito-Langa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Cultural Studies
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Exploratory research 050301 education 050801 communication & media studies Friendship network Education Mutual correlation Friendship 0508 media and communications Psychology Exchange network 0503 education Social network analysis Social psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Cultura y Educación. 28:667-701 |
| ISSN: | 1578-4118 1135-6405 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/11356405.2016.1237340 |
| Popis: | In recent years, the literature has stressed the importance of relational factors in students’ academic performance. Thus, the networks of assistance and exchange in academic matters and the expressive or friendship networks established in the classroom can have a significant influence on students’ academic performance. For this reason, we thought that it might be interesting to explore the intensity, structure and interaction of these networks, as well as their ties with students’ academic performance. Using social network analysis, we performed an exploratory study on the relations in a sample of students from the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia. The results show that students’ academic assistance and exchange network and friendship network show a high density and mutual correlation, and that the way students integrate socially into the academic network determines their university performance. These results can guide universities in the development of activities aimed at shaping the form and... |
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