The Role of Subjective Socioeconomic Status in Predicting Academic Performance: Exploring the Mediating Influence of Sense of Belonging among Students in a Distance Learning University.

IF 2.9 4区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY
Alexandra Vázquez, Beatriz Alba, David Lois, Cristina García-Ael, Antonio Bustillos
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Building upon existing research conducted in face-to-face universities, our research explored whether, in the context of a distance learning institution, the positive association between subjective socioeconomic status and academic performance can be explained by students' sense of belonging. To that end, we conducted a three-wave correlational study with 2,261 students enrolled in Social Psychology in a distance learning university. At the start of the academic year, we measured participants' subjective socioeconomic status relative to other students alongside their initial expectations in terms of time investment and grades and other relevant covariates. Midway through the course, we assessed their sense of belonging to the university and, at the end, we recorded their grades. Results suggested that sense of belonging potentially serves as a mediating factor in the positive relationship between subjective socioeconomic status and grades even after accounting for variables like initial grade expectations, time commitment, gender, age, and employment situation. These findings emphasize the pivotal role of students' psychological connection to the university in shaping their academic achievement, even within the expanding landscape of distance education.

主观社会经济地位在预测学习成绩中的作用:探索远程教育大学学生归属感的中介影响。
在面授大学现有研究的基础上,我们的研究探讨了在远程教育机构中,学生的归属感是否可以解释主观社会经济地位与学习成绩之间的正相关关系。为此,我们对一所远程大学社会心理学专业的 2261 名学生进行了三波相关研究。在学年开始时,我们测量了参与者相对于其他学生的主观社会经济地位,以及他们在时间投入和成绩方面的最初期望和其他相关协变量。在课程中期,我们评估了他们对大学的归属感,在课程结束时,我们记录了他们的成绩。结果表明,即使考虑了最初的成绩预期、时间投入、性别、年龄和就业状况等变量,归属感仍有可能成为主观社会经济地位与成绩之间正相关关系的中介因素。这些发现强调了学生与大学的心理联系在影响其学业成绩方面的关键作用,即使在远程教育不断扩大的情况下也是如此。
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Spanish Journal of Psychology
Spanish Journal of Psychology Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
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期刊介绍: The Spanish Journal of Psychology is published with the aim of promoting the international dissemination of relevant empirical research and theoretical and methodological proposals in the various areas of specialization within psychology. The first Spanish journal with an international scope published entirely in English.
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