Exploring Individual and Interpersonal Level Factors Associated with Academic Success of College Students at a Women¡¯s, Faith-based Higher Institution

Angela U. Ekwonye and Verna DeLauer

Higher Education Studies, 2019, vol. 9, issue 1, 86-99

Abstract: The present study investigated how spirituality, peer connections, and social integration relate to academic resiliency, academic self-efficacy, academic integration, and institutional commitment of college students who identify as female. A sample of 372 undergraduates (ages 18-26) at a Catholic University completed Mapworks survey containing institution-specific questions and spirituality items in Spring 2018. Pearson correlation was used to examine the bivariate relationships between the variables. Canonical correlation analysis (CCA) was conducted to determine if relationships exist among the predictor variables (spirituality, peer connections, social integration) and the criterion variables (academic resiliency, academic self-efficacy, academic integration, institutional commitment). Academic resiliency was the only contributor to the synthetic criterion variable. The contributions of academic self-efficacy, academic integration and institutional commitment to the synthetic criterion variable were very negligible. Social integration and peer connections were the primary contributors to the predictor synthetic variable, with a secondary contribution by spirituality. Social integration, peer connections, and spirituality were all positively related to academic resiliency. Simultaneously addressing the social and spiritual well-being of college students, particularly those who have self-selected to attend a women¡¯s college, are crucial to promoting their academic success.

Keywords: academic success; spirituality; social integration; peer connections; faith-based higher institution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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