Predictors of students’ adjustment during transition to university in Spain
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Resumo: | Adjustment to university is a major life transition that not all emerging adults manage successfully. The Student University Adjustment Questionnaire is the instrument most commonly used to evaluate this multidimensional construct. Research in Spain on the predisposing factors for successful adjustment to university in emerging adults is scarce relative to the large number of studies carried out in North America. The objective of the present study was to analyze the association between students’ gender, family background, pre-university achievement and adjustment to university. Method: Participants were 300 Spanish fi rst-year students (198 women and 102 men) of mean age 18.02 years. Results: Pre-university achievement was the only signifi cant predictor of academic, social and institutional adjustment. Gender directly affected personal-emotional adjustment and indirectly affected academic adjustment mediated by entry grade. Conclusions: Students’ entry characteristics predict adjustment to university in the fi rst year. These fi ndings have important theoretical and practical implications. |
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Predictors of students’ adjustment during transition to university in SpainPredictores del ajuste de los estudiantes durante la transición a la Universidad en EspañaFirst-year university studentsSACQGenderFamily backgroundPre-university achievementUniversitarios de primer añoGéneroBackground familiarNota de accesoCiências Sociais::Ciências da EducaçãoSocial SciencesAdjustment to university is a major life transition that not all emerging adults manage successfully. The Student University Adjustment Questionnaire is the instrument most commonly used to evaluate this multidimensional construct. Research in Spain on the predisposing factors for successful adjustment to university in emerging adults is scarce relative to the large number of studies carried out in North America. The objective of the present study was to analyze the association between students’ gender, family background, pre-university achievement and adjustment to university. Method: Participants were 300 Spanish fi rst-year students (198 women and 102 men) of mean age 18.02 years. Results: Pre-university achievement was the only signifi cant predictor of academic, social and institutional adjustment. Gender directly affected personal-emotional adjustment and indirectly affected academic adjustment mediated by entry grade. Conclusions: Students’ entry characteristics predict adjustment to university in the fi rst year. These fi ndings have important theoretical and practical implications.Antecedentes: la adaptación a la universidad es una de las principales transiciones vitales que no todos los adultos emergentes afrontan con éxito. El Cuestionario de Adaptación del Estudiante a la Universidad es el instrumento más empleado para evaluar este constructo multidimensional. En España no existen investigaciones sobre los factores que predisponen a los adultos emergentes a una adaptación exitosa a la universidad respecto al número de investigaciones llevadas a cabo con muestras norteamericanas. El objetivo de este estudio es analizar la relación entre el género, el background familiar, la nota de acceso y el ajuste a la universidad. Método: participaron 300 estudiantes españoles de primer año (198 mujeres y 102 hombres) con un promedio de edad de 18,02 años. Resultados: la nota de acceso fue el único predictor signifi cativo del ajuste académico, social e institucional. El género infl uye de una manera directa sobre el ajuste personal-emocional e indirecta sobre el ajuste académico, mediado por la nota de acceso. Conclusiones: las características de entrada del estudiante predicen su adaptación en el primer año de universidad. Estos resultados tienen importantes implicaciones teóricas y prácticas.This study is part of a wider project entitled “La Transición a la Universidad en el Contexto del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior: Infl uencia del Soporte Social y el Nivel de Integración en el Fracaso/Éxito Académico” [Transition to College in European Higher Education: The Influence of Social Support and Integration on Academic Failure/Success], supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PSI2011-24535). The author Alexandra M. Araújo received funding from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) awarded as a Post-Doctoral Grant, under grant agreement number SFRH/BPD/85856/2012.Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos del Principado de AsturiasUniversidade do MinhoFernández, María Fernanda P.Araújo, Alexandra M.Vacas, Carolina T.Almeida, Leandro S.González, María Soledad R.20172017-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/44632eng0214-99151886-144X10.7334/psicothema2016.4028126061www.psicothema.cominfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:33:05Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/44632Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:28:32.704063Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Predictors of students’ adjustment during transition to university in Spain Predictores del ajuste de los estudiantes durante la transición a la Universidad en España |
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Predictors of students’ adjustment during transition to university in Spain |
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Predictors of students’ adjustment during transition to university in Spain Fernández, María Fernanda P. First-year university students SACQ Gender Family background Pre-university achievement Universitarios de primer año Género Background familiar Nota de acceso Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Educação Social Sciences |
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Predictors of students’ adjustment during transition to university in Spain |
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Predictors of students’ adjustment during transition to university in Spain |
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Predictors of students’ adjustment during transition to university in Spain |
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Predictors of students’ adjustment during transition to university in Spain |
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Predictors of students’ adjustment during transition to university in Spain |
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Fernández, María Fernanda P. |
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Fernández, María Fernanda P. Araújo, Alexandra M. Vacas, Carolina T. Almeida, Leandro S. González, María Soledad R. |
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Araújo, Alexandra M. Vacas, Carolina T. Almeida, Leandro S. González, María Soledad R. |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Fernández, María Fernanda P. Araújo, Alexandra M. Vacas, Carolina T. Almeida, Leandro S. González, María Soledad R. |
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First-year university students SACQ Gender Family background Pre-university achievement Universitarios de primer año Género Background familiar Nota de acceso Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Educação Social Sciences |
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First-year university students SACQ Gender Family background Pre-university achievement Universitarios de primer año Género Background familiar Nota de acceso Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Educação Social Sciences |
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Adjustment to university is a major life transition that not all emerging adults manage successfully. The Student University Adjustment Questionnaire is the instrument most commonly used to evaluate this multidimensional construct. Research in Spain on the predisposing factors for successful adjustment to university in emerging adults is scarce relative to the large number of studies carried out in North America. The objective of the present study was to analyze the association between students’ gender, family background, pre-university achievement and adjustment to university. Method: Participants were 300 Spanish fi rst-year students (198 women and 102 men) of mean age 18.02 years. Results: Pre-university achievement was the only signifi cant predictor of academic, social and institutional adjustment. Gender directly affected personal-emotional adjustment and indirectly affected academic adjustment mediated by entry grade. Conclusions: Students’ entry characteristics predict adjustment to university in the fi rst year. These fi ndings have important theoretical and practical implications. |
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