The Predictors of Graduation: Social Skills, Mental Health, Academic Characteristics
Abstract: Not completing the undergraduate course in the time expected in the curricula can put the universities and students at a disadvantage, with a delay to enter the labor market. The aim was to identify predictors of graduation, considering social skills, mental health, initial academic perfor...
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| author | Alessandra Salina Brandão Alessandra Turini Bolsoni-Silva Sonia Regina Loureiro |
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| description | Abstract: Not completing the undergraduate course in the time expected in the curricula can put the universities and students at a disadvantage, with a delay to enter the labor market. The aim was to identify predictors of graduation, considering social skills, mental health, initial academic performance and socio-demographic and academic characteristics. In total, 287 students participated, of both genders and fromthe humanities, exact and biological areas, who answered the instruments: Social Skills, Behaviors and Context Assessment Questionnaire for University Students, Short version of the Social Phobia Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory, and Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV. Predictors were: female, humanities area and average or above-average initial academic performance. The social skills and mental health differentiated the groups in the univariate analyses. This data suggests a need for attention to academic performance in the initial stages of the course, and preventive measures for male students of the exact and biological areas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d5cf221298914ffc9ac0b9e505bea9312022-12-21T19:15:23ZengUniversidade de São PauloPaidéia (Ribeirão Preto)1982-4327276611712510.1590/1982-43272766201714S0103-863X2017000100117The Predictors of Graduation: Social Skills, Mental Health, Academic CharacteristicsAlessandra Salina BrandãoAlessandra Turini Bolsoni-SilvaSonia Regina LoureiroAbstract: Not completing the undergraduate course in the time expected in the curricula can put the universities and students at a disadvantage, with a delay to enter the labor market. The aim was to identify predictors of graduation, considering social skills, mental health, initial academic performance and socio-demographic and academic characteristics. In total, 287 students participated, of both genders and fromthe humanities, exact and biological areas, who answered the instruments: Social Skills, Behaviors and Context Assessment Questionnaire for University Students, Short version of the Social Phobia Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory, and Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV. Predictors were: female, humanities area and average or above-average initial academic performance. The social skills and mental health differentiated the groups in the univariate analyses. This data suggests a need for attention to academic performance in the initial stages of the course, and preventive measures for male students of the exact and biological areas.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-863X2017000100117&lng=en&tlng=enrendimiento escolarestudiantes universitariossalud mentalhabilidades sociales |
| spellingShingle | Alessandra Salina Brandão Alessandra Turini Bolsoni-Silva Sonia Regina Loureiro The Predictors of Graduation: Social Skills, Mental Health, Academic Characteristics Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) rendimiento escolar estudiantes universitarios salud mental habilidades sociales |
| title | The Predictors of Graduation: Social Skills, Mental Health, Academic Characteristics |
| title_full | The Predictors of Graduation: Social Skills, Mental Health, Academic Characteristics |
| title_fullStr | The Predictors of Graduation: Social Skills, Mental Health, Academic Characteristics |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Predictors of Graduation: Social Skills, Mental Health, Academic Characteristics |
| title_short | The Predictors of Graduation: Social Skills, Mental Health, Academic Characteristics |
| title_sort | predictors of graduation social skills mental health academic characteristics |
| topic | rendimiento escolar estudiantes universitarios salud mental habilidades sociales |
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