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The relationship between student adjustment and academic success among first-year students at a South African higher education institution
Mini Dissertation (MA (Research Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2024.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/100839 The relationship between student adjustment and academic success among first-year students at a South African higher education institution Maree, David cb21730008@gmail.com Thomas, Tsholofelo Angela Wepener, Candice UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Academic success Higher education Student adjustment Student adjustment to college questionnaire (SACQ) Mini Dissertation (MA (Research Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2024. Student adjustment to tertiary education has been identified as a complex topic encompassing students’ academic adjustment, social adjustment, personal-emotional adjustment, and institutional attachment. Understanding whether or not student adjustment is related to academic success would be a starting point to better understand academic success in the South African context. Considering inequality in access to tertiary education, understanding whether or not student adjustment is related to academic success could inform intervention or more inclusive orientation programmes to facilitate the achievement of academic success through better-adjusted students. The afore mentioned concepts of adjustment are measured by the Student Adjustment to College Questionnaire (SACQ). A convenience method was utilised to sample humanities students at a University in Gauteng. The students were able to fill out a self-report questionnaire on their academic success and the SACQ which measures all four elements of student adjustment. These four elements, which form four subscales of the SACQ, were all related to academic success. It was found that there are no significant correlations between the four SACQ subscales and academic success. Therefore, further analyses were conducted to explore whether other conclusions could be drawn about the variables under study. These analyses were multiple regression analyses and logistic regression analyses. Student adjustment, however, was reported as low in relation to normative scores of the SACQ. It is recommended that institutions look into possible interventions that may aid better adjustment, considering diversity of South African students’ contexts. Psychology MA (Research Psychology) Unrestricted Faculty of Humanities SDG-04: Quality Education SDG-10: Reduces inequalities 2025-02-13T11:02:43Z 2025-02-13T11:02:43Z 2025-04 2024-08 Mini Dissertation * A2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/100839 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.28406816 en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Academic success Higher education Student adjustment Student adjustment to college questionnaire (SACQ) The relationship between student adjustment and academic success among first-year students at a South African higher education institution |
| title | The relationship between student adjustment and academic success among first-year students at a South African higher education institution |
| title_full | The relationship between student adjustment and academic success among first-year students at a South African higher education institution |
| title_fullStr | The relationship between student adjustment and academic success among first-year students at a South African higher education institution |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between student adjustment and academic success among first-year students at a South African higher education institution |
| title_short | The relationship between student adjustment and academic success among first-year students at a South African higher education institution |
| title_sort | relationship between student adjustment and academic success among first year students at a south african higher education institution |
| topic | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Academic success Higher education Student adjustment Student adjustment to college questionnaire (SACQ) |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/100839 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.28406816 |