The Predictors of Graduation: Social Skills, Mental Health, Academic Characteristics1

• Autor(a) principal: Brandão, Alessandra Salina
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Bolsoni-silva, Alessandra Turini [UNESP], Loureiro, Sonia Regina
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-43272766201714; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/212808
• topic: academic achievement; college students; mental health; social skills; escolar; estudantes universitários; saúde mental; habilidades sociais

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 from the 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.