Academic Achievement of College Students: The role of the Positive Personality Model

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de la Iglesia, Guadalupe; Castro Solano, Alejandro
Año de publicación
2019
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This research aimed at testing an explicative model of academic achievement of college students. Positive personality traits were hypothesized as the main predictors. Mental health and academic adjustment were tested as mediator variables. This model intended to reflect the main hypothesis that academic achievement is multi-determined and non-intellectual variables play an important role in explaining it. Sample was composed of 256 college students of different majors. The results obtained highlighted the importance of differentiating subjective and objective academic achievement in terms of academic adjustment (AA) and grade point average (GPA), respectively. The explicative model that included positive traits as background variables confirmed the mediating role of mental health and AA in explaining GPA. Sprightliness was the most important predictor of academic achievement in comparison to the other positive traits studied. It is concluded that positive personality traits play an important role in academic outcomes.
Fil: de la Iglesia, Guadalupe. Universidad de Palermo. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Departamento de Psicología. Centro de Investigación y Posgrados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Castro Solano, Alejandro. Universidad de Palermo. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Departamento de Psicología. Centro de Investigación y Posgrados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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ACADEMIC ADJUSTMENT
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
PERSONALITY TRAITS
POSITIVE TRAITS
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title Academic Achievement of College Students: The role of the Positive Personality Model
spellingShingle Academic Achievement of College Students: The role of the Positive Personality Model
de la Iglesia, Guadalupe
ACADEMIC ADJUSTMENT
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
PERSONALITY TRAITS
POSITIVE TRAITS
title_short Academic Achievement of College Students: The role of the Positive Personality Model
title_full Academic Achievement of College Students: The role of the Positive Personality Model
title_fullStr Academic Achievement of College Students: The role of the Positive Personality Model
title_full_unstemmed Academic Achievement of College Students: The role of the Positive Personality Model
title_sort Academic Achievement of College Students: The role of the Positive Personality Model
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv de la Iglesia, Guadalupe
Castro Solano, Alejandro
author de la Iglesia, Guadalupe
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Castro Solano, Alejandro
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ACADEMIC ADJUSTMENT
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
PERSONALITY TRAITS
POSITIVE TRAITS
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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
PERSONALITY TRAITS
POSITIVE TRAITS
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This research aimed at testing an explicative model of academic achievement of college students. Positive personality traits were hypothesized as the main predictors. Mental health and academic adjustment were tested as mediator variables. This model intended to reflect the main hypothesis that academic achievement is multi-determined and non-intellectual variables play an important role in explaining it. Sample was composed of 256 college students of different majors. The results obtained highlighted the importance of differentiating subjective and objective academic achievement in terms of academic adjustment (AA) and grade point average (GPA), respectively. The explicative model that included positive traits as background variables confirmed the mediating role of mental health and AA in explaining GPA. Sprightliness was the most important predictor of academic achievement in comparison to the other positive traits studied. It is concluded that positive personality traits play an important role in academic outcomes.
Fil: de la Iglesia, Guadalupe. Universidad de Palermo. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Departamento de Psicología. Centro de Investigación y Posgrados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Castro Solano, Alejandro. Universidad de Palermo. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Departamento de Psicología. Centro de Investigación y Posgrados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description This research aimed at testing an explicative model of academic achievement of college students. Positive personality traits were hypothesized as the main predictors. Mental health and academic adjustment were tested as mediator variables. This model intended to reflect the main hypothesis that academic achievement is multi-determined and non-intellectual variables play an important role in explaining it. Sample was composed of 256 college students of different majors. The results obtained highlighted the importance of differentiating subjective and objective academic achievement in terms of academic adjustment (AA) and grade point average (GPA), respectively. The explicative model that included positive traits as background variables confirmed the mediating role of mental health and AA in explaining GPA. Sprightliness was the most important predictor of academic achievement in comparison to the other positive traits studied. It is concluded that positive personality traits play an important role in academic outcomes.
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