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

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dc.contributor.authorKotzé, Martina
dc.contributor.authorNiemann, Rita
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-14T13:00:39Z
dc.date.available2016-06-14T13:00:39Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractEnglish: 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 performanceen_ZA
dc.description.abstractAfrikaans: Die doel van die artikel is om te bepaal of die positiewe sielkundige hulpbronne (hoop, optimisme en veerkragtigheid) potensiële voorspellers van akademiese prestasie kan wees. ’n Dwarssnitontwerp is gebruik in die uitvoering van die studie. Die steekproef het 789 eerstejaarstudente in Bedryfsielkunde ingesluit en die State Hope Scale (SHS), Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R) en die Adult Resilience Indicator (ARI) is as meetinstrumente gebruik. Die resultate van die eenvoudige meervoudige regressie-analise het getoon dat daar statisties-beduidende korrelasies tussen hoop, spesifiek die subskaal, alternatiewe roetes tot doelwitbereiking (‘pathways’) en akademiese prestasie bestaan het, asook tussen drie dimensies van veerkragtigheid en akademiese prestasie. Optimisme was nie ’n voorspeller van akademiese prestasie nie.af
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKotze, M., & Niemann, R. (2013). Psychological resources as predictors of academic performance of first-year students in higher education. Acta Academica, 45(2), 85-121.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0587-2405 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2415-0479 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/2910
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectFirst-year studentsen_ZA
dc.subjectHigher educationen_ZA
dc.subjectAcademic achievementen_ZA
dc.titlePsychological resources as predictors of academic performance of first-year students in higher educationen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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