Association of Health and Psychological Factors with Academic Achievement and Non-Verbal Intelligence in University Students with Low Academic Performance: The Influence of Sex

Aniel Jessica Leticia Brambila-Tapia, Aris Judit Miranda-Lavastida, Nancy Araceli Vázquez-Sánchez, Nancy Lizbeth Franco-López, Martha Catalina Pérez-González, Gonzalo Nava-Bustos, Francisco José Gutiérrez-Rodríguez and Francisco Fabián Mora-Moreno
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Aniel Jessica Leticia Brambila-Tapia: Departamento de Psicología Básica, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud (CUCS), Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara 44100, Mexico
Aris Judit Miranda-Lavastida: Centro de Estudios sobre Aprendizaje y Desarrollo (CEAD), Departamento de Psicología Básica, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud (CUCS), Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara 44100, Mexico
Nancy Araceli Vázquez-Sánchez: Centro de Estudios sobre Aprendizaje y Desarrollo (CEAD), Departamento de Psicología Básica, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud (CUCS), Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara 44100, Mexico
Nancy Lizbeth Franco-López: Centro de Estudios sobre Aprendizaje y Desarrollo (CEAD), Departamento de Psicología Básica, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud (CUCS), Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara 44100, Mexico
Martha Catalina Pérez-González: Centro de Evaluación e Investigación en Psicología (CEIP), Departamento de Psicología Básica, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud (CUCS), Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara 44100, Mexico
Gonzalo Nava-Bustos: Departamento de Psicología Básica, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud (CUCS), Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara 44100, Mexico
Francisco José Gutiérrez-Rodríguez: Departamento de Psicología Básica, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud (CUCS), Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara 44100, Mexico
Francisco Fabián Mora-Moreno: Centro de Estudios sobre Aprendizaje y Desarrollo (CEAD), Departamento de Psicología Básica, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud (CUCS), Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara 44100, Mexico

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 8, 1-12

Abstract: Academic achievement, measured with the grade point average (GPA), is a stable characteristic that has been associated with many sociodemographic and psychological variables; however, the relation of these variables with GPA has not been totally elucidated. The objective of this study was to perform an association of health, psychological and personal variables with GPA and non-verbal intelligence in low-academic performance population according to sex. We invited health sciences university students who had failed the same subject twice to complete a set of sociodemographic and psychological variables and a non-verbal intelligence test. The GPA, admission exam test and preparatory GPA were obtained. We included 124 students, and found that GPA was associated with non-verbal intelligence in women but not in men; in whom, having a job and having a romantic partner, were more correlated. In women, positive relations with others, emotion perception and weekly physical activity hours were marginally correlated with GPA; while in men, emotion regulation and self-motivation had a tendency of correlation with GPA. In addition, we found that non-verbal intelligence was associated somatization and the number of diseases in women. Academic achievement is regulated by different variables in each sex; therefore, intervention programs addressed by sex are needed to increase it.

Keywords: academic achievement; non-verbal intelligence; psychological factors; admission exam test (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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