Psychological Determinants of Academic Achievement in Accounting: Evidence from Brazil
The proposal of this research was to investigate the association between psychological variables and academic performance of 494 students of acco unting o f a Brazilian public U niversity. W e seek , therefore, to highlight some psychological variables to understand...
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| author | Samuel de Paiva Naves Mamede Alessandra Vieira Cunha Marques Pablo Rogers Gilberto José Miranda |
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| description | The proposal of this research was to investigate the association between psychological variables and academic performance of 494 students of acco unting o f a Brazilian public U niversity. W e seek , therefore, to highlight some psychological variables to understand the behavior of students of accounting courses. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire based on five psychological constructs: self - efficacy, self - esteem, optimism, locus of control and self - control. Regression analyses were used to identify the influence of the explanatory variables on the academic performance coefficient, with the main results showing that: (i) the variable smo king has a direct impact on the academic achievement of students; (ii) the academic performance of women is higher than that of men; (i ii ) students within the age range of 20 to 40 years have significantly lower performance than students of other age range s, and ( i v) the variable experience time in accounting is related with the students' performance. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-06c1165c454c4e3495fa5e721e6cc41a2025-02-06T23:39:30ZengFUCAPE Business SchoolBBR: Brazilian Business Review1807-734X2015-01-015071Psychological Determinants of Academic Achievement in Accounting: Evidence from BrazilSamuel de Paiva Naves MamedeAlessandra Vieira Cunha MarquesPablo RogersGilberto José MirandaThe proposal of this research was to investigate the association between psychological variables and academic performance of 494 students of acco unting o f a Brazilian public U niversity. W e seek , therefore, to highlight some psychological variables to understand the behavior of students of accounting courses. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire based on five psychological constructs: self - efficacy, self - esteem, optimism, locus of control and self - control. Regression analyses were used to identify the influence of the explanatory variables on the academic performance coefficient, with the main results showing that: (i) the variable smo king has a direct impact on the academic achievement of students; (ii) the academic performance of women is higher than that of men; (i ii ) students within the age range of 20 to 40 years have significantly lower performance than students of other age range s, and ( i v) the variable experience time in accounting is related with the students' performance.http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=123041059003student performancepsychological scaleslocus of control |
| spellingShingle | Samuel de Paiva Naves Mamede Alessandra Vieira Cunha Marques Pablo Rogers Gilberto José Miranda Psychological Determinants of Academic Achievement in Accounting: Evidence from Brazil BBR: Brazilian Business Review student performance psychological scales locus of control |
| title | Psychological Determinants of Academic Achievement in Accounting: Evidence from Brazil |
| title_full | Psychological Determinants of Academic Achievement in Accounting: Evidence from Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Psychological Determinants of Academic Achievement in Accounting: Evidence from Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychological Determinants of Academic Achievement in Accounting: Evidence from Brazil |
| title_short | Psychological Determinants of Academic Achievement in Accounting: Evidence from Brazil |
| title_sort | psychological determinants of academic achievement in accounting evidence from brazil |
| topic | student performance psychological scales locus of control |
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