Abstract

BENEVIDES SOARES1, Adriana; DE ALMEIDA SANTOS, Zeimara; CLEON DE ANDRADE1, Ageu  and  SIQUEIRADE SOUZA, Marisangela. ACADEMIC EXPECTATIONS AND SOCIAL SKILLS IN THE ADAPTATION TO UNIVERSITY. Cienc. Psicol. [online]. 2017, vol.11, n.1, pp.77-88. ISSN 1688-4094.  https://doi.org/10.22235/cp.v11i2.1349.

This study aims to relate Social Skills (HS), Academic Expectations and Adaptation to University, as well as to verify the impact of the variables HS and Academic Expectations in University Adaptation. The participants were 177 students from public and private institutions of several courses and periods, ages ranging from 17 to 44, of which 71.2% were women. The instruments used were the Social Skills Inventory (SSI), the Academic Involvement Questionnaire (AIQ) and the Academic Experiences Questionnaire (AEQ). There was a positive correlation between the total score of the AIQ and AEQ, but there was no correlation between the total score of SSI with the total scores of the AIQ and AEQ. The results demonstrated a predictive relationship between Social Skills and Academic Expectations total scores, explaining together 4.8% of Academic Adaptation.

Keywords : social skills; academic expectations; university adaptation; College students.

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