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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Autores principales:	Samuel de Paiva Naves Mamede, Alessandra Vieira Cunha Marques, Pablo Rogers, Gilberto José Miranda
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Publicado:	FUCAPE Business School 2015
Materias:	student performance psychological scales locus of control Business HF5001-6182
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:06c1165c454c4e3495fa5e721e6cc41a2021-11-11T15:48:06ZPsychological Determinants of Academic Achievement in Accounting: Evidence from Brazil1807-734Xhttps://doaj.org/article/06c1165c454c4e3495fa5e721e6cc41a2015-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=123041059003https://doaj.org/toc/1807-734XThe 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.Samuel de Paiva Naves MamedeAlessandra Vieira Cunha MarquesPablo RogersGilberto José MirandaFUCAPE Business Schoolarticlestudent performancepsychological scaleslocus of controlBusinessHF5001-6182ENPTBBR: Brazilian Business Review, Pp 50-71 (2015)
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spellingShingle	student performance psychological scales locus of control Business HF5001-6182 Samuel de Paiva Naves Mamede Alessandra Vieira Cunha Marques Pablo Rogers Gilberto José Miranda Psychological Determinants of Academic Achievement in Accounting: Evidence from Brazil
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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author	Samuel de Paiva Naves Mamede Alessandra Vieira Cunha Marques Pablo Rogers Gilberto José Miranda
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title	Psychological Determinants of Academic Achievement in Accounting: Evidence from Brazil
title_short	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_sort	psychological determinants of academic achievement in accounting: evidence from brazil
publisher	FUCAPE Business School
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Psychological Determinants of Academic Achievement in Accounting: Evidence from Brazil

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