Effects of Personality Traits, Social Support and Self-Efficacy on Predicting University Adjustment

The current study examined the relationship between personality traits, social support perceptions, academic self-efficacy and the adjustment to university. Participants were 992 university students (615 [62%] female, 377 [38%]) male. Results showed that social support, conscientiousness, extraversi...

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Published inJournal of education (Boston, Mass.) Vol. 203; no. 2; pp. 353 - 366
Main Authors Erzen, Evren, Ozabaci, Nilufer
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.04.2023
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Academic Achievement
Adjustment
College Students
Educational psychology
Extraversion Introversion
Foreign Countries
Friendship
Personality Traits
Self Efficacy
Social Cognition
Social support
Social Support Groups
Student Adjustment
University students
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social support
university students
personality
self-efficacy
university adjustment
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Summary:The current study examined the relationship between personality traits, social support perceptions, academic self-efficacy and the adjustment to university. Participants were 992 university students (615 [62%] female, 377 [38%]) male. Results showed that social support, conscientiousness, extraversion and at low levels agreeableness predicted friendship adjustment, while academic self-efficacy and conscientiousness predicted academic adjustment. Academic self-efficacy, social support, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and openness traits were determined to affect prediction of general adjustment to university. The significance and limitations of the results are discussed.
ISSN:0022-0574
2515-5741
DOI:10.1177/00220574211025059