Psychological resources as predictors of academic performance of first-year students in higher education

Autor:	Martina Kotzé, Rita Niemann
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	History of scholarship and learning. The humanities AZ20-999 Political science
Zdroj:	Acta Academica, Vol 45, Iss 2 (2013)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	0587-2405 2415-0479
DOI:	10.38140/aa.v45i2.1399
Popis:	This article aims to determine whether psychological resources (hope, optimism and resilience) can be potential predictors of academic performance. A cross-sectional survey design was used and the sample consisted of 789 first-year students in Industrial Psychology. The measuring instruments included the State Hope Scale (SHS), the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R), and the Adult Resilience Indicator (ARI). The results of the simple multiple regression analysis showed that state hope, and specifically pathways, and three dimensions of resilience were statistically significantly related to academic performance, whereas optimism was not a statistically significant predictor of academic performance.
Databáze:	Directory of Open Access Journals
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