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WHAT ARE THE MOST DETERMINING FACTORS IN PREDICTING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT'S PARTICIPATION IN COMPETITIONS: SOCIAL SUPPORT OR ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENT?
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Participation in competitions is strongly connected to studentsВ’ academic achievement, the highly performing students usually participate in competitions. Social environmental factors, such as the extent of social support, which can derive from the family members, parents, friends, or the familyВ’s social economic status, can also influence studentsВ’ participation in competitions. The aim of our study was to find out which are those key components, that particularly determine students to attend competitions, social factors or academic performance. The participants, 1st, 2nd and 3rd year Psychology undergraduate students, from Babe?-Bolyai University, valued on a 7 point Likert scale 5 types of social support, their GPA (grade point average) and relevant demographical data were also recorded. We created a quasi-experimental design, two groups with students attending and not attending competitions. On the basis of our results we can state that some social factors, parental, teacherВ’s support and the academic GPA are in close relationship with attending competitions. In the further analysis of correlations with a binary logistic regression model, we concluded that the academic accomplishment is the most determinant predictor of studentВ’s participation on competitions.
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