Resilience and Self-efficacy as psychological mechanisms that favor academic success

Authors

  • Isabella Meneghel Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
  • Querenha Boix Altabas Universitat Jaume I
  • Marisa Salanova Universitat Jaume I

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/dreh.vi18.18022

Keywords:

academic resilience; academic self-efficacy; academic success; university students

Abstract

This study examines how past academic success is related with future academic success, through two underlying psychological mechanisms, i.e., academic resilience and self-efficacy. The sample is composed of 773 students from a Spanish University, who completed self-report questionnaires on the psychological variables (i.e., resilience and self-efficacy), and gave their consent to access to their grade’s classifications during the pre- and post- questionnaires’ application. Structural Equation analyzes reveal that the relationship between past and future academic success is partially mediated by resilience and academic self-efficacy. That is, although past academic success has a significant influence on the academic success of students in the future, resilience and academic self-efficacy also increase academic success. According to the results, the theoretical and practical implications of the study are presented, as well as its limitations.

 

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Published

2021-05-31

How to Cite

Meneghel, I., Boix Altabas, Q., & Salanova, M. (2021). Resilience and Self-efficacy as psychological mechanisms that favor academic success. DEDiCA. Journal of Education and the Humanities, (18), 153–171. https://doi.org/10.30827/dreh.vi18.18022

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