A Pilot Project on College Students' Satisfaction and Self-Concept

1995 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 255-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila A. Panori ◽  
Eugene H. Wong ◽  
Amy L. Kennedy ◽  
Joel R. King
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Academic Adjustment ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Students Satisfaction

This study examined correlations between measures of 137 students' self-concepts and their satisfaction with adjusting to college. The Satisfaction with College Questionnaire was designed to assess quantitatively students' satisfaction with social and academic adjustment. Analyses indicated that a number of self-concept dimensions were significantly correlated with scores on satisfaction. Researchers must focus on refining the questionnaire and examining its relation to outcome variables such as self-concept, attrition, grade point average, and motivation.

Predictors of Academic Self-Concept for African American College Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 636-653
Author(s):  
Andrew S. Franklin ◽  
Scott M. Debb ◽  
Darlene G. Colson
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
African American ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
African American College Students ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Historically Black University

This study explored the roles of demographic variables, grade point average, centrality (an aspect of racial identity), and student-professor interactions in predicting academic self-concept. A convenience sample of 132 African American students (104 females and 28 males) ranging in age from 18 to 38 ( Mage = 26), attending a historically Black university completed an online questionnaire assessing demographic information, grade point average, an aspect of racial identity from the Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity, student-professor interactions, and academic self-concept. Results showed that grade point average and student-professor interactions characterized by faculty’s level of care were significant factors in predicting academic self-concept. These relationships may be important for understanding salient factors that influence the academic self-concept in African American college students.

Self-Concept of Ability and College Students' Academic Achievement

1978 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Griffore ◽  
Douglas D. Samuels
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Final Examination ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
The Relationship

To determine the relationship between college students' academic self-concept and academic achievement, Brookover's Self-concept of Ability Scale was administered to 100 undergraduate students in psychology. High moderate correlations were obtained between academic self-concept and over-all grade-point average (.58), but the correlation between academic self-concept and a final examination, although significant, was relatively low (.26).

Examining Psychosociocultural Influences as Predictors of Black College Students’ Academic Self-Concept and Achievement

2020 ◽  
pp. 009579842097979
Author(s):  
Samuel T. Beasley ◽  
Shannon McClain
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Engagement ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Black College ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Black College Students ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Racial Centrality ◽  
Positive Direct

Using the psychosociocultural framework, this study concurrently examined the influence of psychological (academic self-concept and academic engagement attitudes), social (caring student-faculty relationships), and cultural variables (racial centrality and perceived university environment) on the academic achievement of Black college students. Participants were 247 Black collegians recruited from a large, Southwestern predominately White institution. Results of structural equation modeling largely supported hypothesized relationships between variables, accounting for 16% of the variance in grade point average (GPA), 75% of the variance in academic engagement, and 29% of the variance in academic self-concept. Results revealed two positive direct paths to GPA: (a) racial centrality and (b) academic self-concept; academic self-concept had a key role in facilitating indirect effects on academic engagement and GPA. Findings highlight multiple noncognitive predictors that can facilitate Black students’ academic functioning. Research and practice implications of these findings are outlined.

A Validity Study of the Neural Efficiency Analyzer in Relation to Selected Measures of Intelligence

1977 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 475-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randy Sturgis ◽  
Elmer A. Lemke ◽  
James J. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Intellectual Ability ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Validity Study ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Female College ◽  
Neural Efficiency ◽  
Paper And Pencil

This study attempted to determine the validity of the Ertl Neural Efficiency Analyzer as a measure of intellectual ability by using NEA-Alpha and Neural Efficiency scores to predict college grade point average (GPA) both alone and in combination with paper-and-pencil measures of intelligence for 22 male and 64 female college students. Results indicate that NEA-Alpha scores can predict GPA with moderate success and also that NEA-Alpha scores account for variability in grade point average not associated with paper-and-pencil tests.

Study Skills, Self-Concept, and Academic Achievement

1984 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 923-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernadette M. Gadzella ◽  
James David Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
University Students ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Study Skills ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Two Measures

This study investigated the relationships between study skills, self-concept, and academic achievement and whether the self-report measures contributed to the prediction of grade-point average for 110 university students. Analysis showed that study skills, self-concepts, and academic achievement correlated significantly with each other; rs ranged from .03 to .52. In addition to the total study skills score, two measures of study skills (oral reporting and interpersonal relations) and one measure of self-concept (personal self) contributed to the prediction of grade-point average.

Nontraditional and Traditional Student Persisters and Nonpersisters in the Community and Technical College

1984 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALAN D. SMITH ◽  
MICHAEL N. SUGARMAN
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
High School ◽  
Nontraditional Students ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Technical College ◽  
School Grade ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Community And Technical College ◽  
High School Grade ◽  
The University

A study was conducted with Community and Technical College students enrolled at the University of Akron, a major urban university, during the 1978–1979 academic year. Students were divided into traditional and nontraditional persisters and nonpersisters, and if they were placed on academic probation, they were removed from the study. These students were given modified National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) questionnaires for program completers and noncompleters. The questions tested for varying degrees of satisfaction with the University and reasons for withdrawal concerning various academic, socioeconomic, and environmental press variables. In addition, selected demographic variables from the student masterfile were tested, along with the questionnaire responses in 99 research hypotheses using multiple linear regression and corrected for multiple comparisons. Results indicate that 13 hypotheses were found to significantly discriminate between traditional and nontraditional community college students. The persisting nontraditional students appeared to be more satisfied with the University concerning a few variables, greater proportion attended part-time, during the day, enrolled for less hours, and had a greater high school grade point average than their traditional counterparts. The nonpersisting, nontraditional students were similar to their persisting counterparts, except that traditional nonpersisting students had a higher high school grade point average, lived at greater distances from the school, and attended day time classes as compared to nontraditional students.

Learning Processes and Academic Achievement of United Arab Emirates College Students

1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 739-746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed A. Albaili
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
High School ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Deep Processing ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Elaborative Processing

The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the relationships between scores on the learning processes assessed by the Inventory of Learning Processes and academic achievement assessed by high school average (HSA) and grade point average (GPA) for 124 undergraduate college students. Multivariate analysis of variance indicated that students with high HSAs tended to score higher on Deep Processing and Fact Retention scales than students with low HSAs. Students with high GPAs appeared to score higher on both Deep Processing and Elaborative Processing scales than students with low GPAs. Subsequent path analysis suggested that both Deep Processing and Elaborative Processing scales have direct associations with GPA.

scholarly journals The Prevalence and Factors Associated with Mental Distress among College Students in Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

1970 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tesfalem Teshome Tessema ◽  
Temesgen Abdi Gebremariam ◽  
Etaferahu Alemayehu Abebe ◽  
Etaferahu Alemayehu Abebe
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Mental Distress ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Factors Associated

BACKGROUND: Although mental health problems affect the general population, students are highly vulnerable to psychological disorders. Mental distress among students is a cause of concern as it may impair their behavior and diminish learning, which could negatively affect their academic performance. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and the factors associated with mental distress among college students in Southern Ethiopia.METHODS: Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted among 280 regular students of Hawassa College of Health Sciences. Mental distress was measured using a Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20). The data were entered into Epi-Info version 3.5.4 and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20. Multivariable logistic analysis was performed following bivariate analysis to adjust for the effect of confounders.RESULT: The prevalence of mental distress among the study subjects was found to be 59 (22.30%). Female students were 2.08 times more likely to have mental distress as compared to male students (AOR =2.08 [95% CI: 1.14-3.82]). The odds of mental distress among third-year students was 60% lower compared to second-year students [AOR = 0.40; 95 % CI, (0.19, 0.87)]. Students who were from Amhara ethnic group were 3.37 times more likely to have mental distress as compared to students from Sidama ethnic group [AOR=3.37;95%CI (1.13-10.09)]. Moreover, students who had Grade Point Average of below 60% were 4.69 times more likely to be mentally distressed as compared to those students who scored Grade Point Average of greater or equal to 60% (AOR= 4.69; 95%CI,[ 2.46, 8.96).CONCLUSION: The finding suggests the importance of providing mental health counseling support for students as part of the teaching and learning process. More research to further explore the multiple factors influencing students’ mental health condition should also be conducted.

Memory and Grade Point Average of College Students

1968 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 944-944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald I. Templer
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Grade Point
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