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Understanding the psychosocial factors that positively and negatively impact academic performance is important to help students succeed and persist in higher education. In this article, we conducted a scoping review to clarify and identify the psychosocial factors affecting university students' academic performance. The initial search returned 1657 articles and 36 articles met the inclusion criteria. Inspection of the articles was conducted to identify the relationship between psychological and social variables on academic performance. We found that psychosocial factors were significantly related to university students' academic performance. Specifically, academic performance was often correlated with social support, motivation, stress, satisfaction, self efficacy, anxiety
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Title
A scoping review of the psychosocial correlates of academic performance
Authors
Richard Tindle (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Eid G. Abo Hamza (Author) - Tanta University
Ahmed A. Helal (Author) - Tanta University
Alaa Eldin A. Ayoub (Author) - Al Ain University
Ahmed A Moustafa (Author) - University of Johannesburg