Traits versus Grades—The Incremental Predictive Power of Positive Psychological Factors over Pre-Enrollment Achievement Measures on Academic Performance

Traits versus Grades—The Incremental Predictive Power of Positive Psychological Factors over Pre-Enrollment Achievement Measures on Academic Performance

Understanding what (and to what extent) psychological factors affect university performance has attracted a lot of research interest recently. In this paper, we use logistic regression models to study the incremental predictive power of positive psychological factors over pre-enrollment achievement...

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Main Authors: Beatrix Séllei, Nóra Stumphauser, Roland Molontay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Applied Sciences
Subjects:
university performance
incremental predictive power
predictive analysis
pre-enrollment achievement measures
personality traits
psychological factors
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1744
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spelling doaj-5c21d6aae0f84851abf893d3d6fd85242021-02-17T00:02:05ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172021-02-01111744174410.3390/app11041744Traits versus Grades—The Incremental Predictive Power of Positive Psychological Factors over Pre-Enrollment Achievement Measures on Academic PerformanceBeatrix Séllei0Nóra Stumphauser1Roland Molontay2Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Ergonomics and Psychology Magyar tudósok körútja 2, 1111 Budapest, HungaryBudapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Ergonomics and Psychology Magyar tudósok körútja 2, 1111 Budapest, HungaryBudapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Ergonomics and Psychology Magyar tudósok körútja 2, 1111 Budapest, HungaryUnderstanding what (and to what extent) psychological factors affect university performance has attracted a lot of research interest recently. In this paper, we use logistic regression models to study the incremental predictive power of positive psychological factors over pre-enrollment achievement measures on academic performance. The study is based on the data of 302 business and economics undergraduate students from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Coping proved to be the most important factor that sheds light on the importance of stress management for students. We also found that using properly chosen psychological factors measuring coping, personality traits, psychological immune system, emotional intelligence, and PERMA (P—positive emotion, E—engagement, R—relationships, M—meaning, A—accomplishments) factors, together with the university entrance score and academic performance can be predicted significantly better than solely relying on pre-enrollment achievement measures.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1744university performanceincremental predictive powerpredictive analysispre-enrollment achievement measurespersonality traitspsychological factors
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author Beatrix Séllei
Nóra Stumphauser
Roland Molontay
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Roland Molontay
Traits versus Grades—The Incremental Predictive Power of Positive Psychological Factors over Pre-Enrollment Achievement Measures on Academic Performance
Applied Sciences
university performance
incremental predictive power
predictive analysis
pre-enrollment achievement measures
personality traits
psychological factors
author_facet Beatrix Séllei
Nóra Stumphauser
Roland Molontay
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title Traits versus Grades—The Incremental Predictive Power of Positive Psychological Factors over Pre-Enrollment Achievement Measures on Academic Performance
title_short Traits versus Grades—The Incremental Predictive Power of Positive Psychological Factors over Pre-Enrollment Achievement Measures on Academic Performance
title_full Traits versus Grades—The Incremental Predictive Power of Positive Psychological Factors over Pre-Enrollment Achievement Measures on Academic Performance
title_fullStr Traits versus Grades—The Incremental Predictive Power of Positive Psychological Factors over Pre-Enrollment Achievement Measures on Academic Performance
title_full_unstemmed Traits versus Grades—The Incremental Predictive Power of Positive Psychological Factors over Pre-Enrollment Achievement Measures on Academic Performance
title_sort traits versus grades—the incremental predictive power of positive psychological factors over pre-enrollment achievement measures on academic performance
publisher MDPI AG
series Applied Sciences
issn 2076-3417
publishDate 2021-02-01
description Understanding what (and to what extent) psychological factors affect university performance has attracted a lot of research interest recently. In this paper, we use logistic regression models to study the incremental predictive power of positive psychological factors over pre-enrollment achievement measures on academic performance. The study is based on the data of 302 business and economics undergraduate students from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Coping proved to be the most important factor that sheds light on the importance of stress management for students. We also found that using properly chosen psychological factors measuring coping, personality traits, psychological immune system, emotional intelligence, and PERMA (P—positive emotion, E—engagement, R—relationships, M—meaning, A—accomplishments) factors, together with the university entrance score and academic performance can be predicted significantly better than solely relying on pre-enrollment achievement measures.
topic university performance
incremental predictive power
predictive analysis
pre-enrollment achievement measures
personality traits
psychological factors
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1744
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