Abstract

RAMIREZ LEMUS, Lidia; RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ, Carlos Alberto; BARRON-ADAME, José Miguel  and  CUEVAS VARGAS, Héctor. Predominant factors that influence academic performance in university students in situ. Acta univ [online]. 2023, vol.33, e3878.  Epub Oct 30, 2023. ISSN 2007-9621.  https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2023.3878.

This research was done at a university in southwestern Guanajuato, Mexico. The objective was to identify the influence of predominant factors (socio-economic, academic, family, and personal) that directly affect the academic performance of university students. The method was quantitative, cross-correlational, with non-parametric variables. The instrument used consists of 40 items, applied systematically to a sample of 1339 students. The results were significant with 95% confidence. Three out of five factors were accepted according to Spearman test: personal factors (0.952), in hours dedicated to study; academic factors (0.790), in scholarships and prepared teachers; and family factors (0.803), in the influence of family. Therefore, they show positive correlations with academic performance. In this sense, the statistical correlation allowed to identify the relationship of academic performance between predominant factors already mentioned and the vulnerability to which university students are exposed.

Keywords : Socioeconomic factors; academic factors; social factors; personal factors; academic performance.