Publication: A latent profile analysis of first-year university students’ academic expectations
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Araújo, Alexandra M. ; Assis Gomes, Cristiano Mauro ; Almeida, Leandro S. ; Núñez, José Carlos
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Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de Publicaciones
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Las expectativas académicas son una variable importante en la
explicación de la adaptación de los estudiantes de primer año y su éxito
académico. Este trabajo utiliza el análisis de perfil latente como estrategia
estadística centrada en la persona para clasificar a los estudiantes en grupos
de expectativas similares en relación con la educación superior, al comien-
zo del primer año en la universidad. Participaron 2.478 estudiantes portu-
gueses de primer año. Basándonos en las puntuaciones de las siete dimen-
siones de las expectativas, identificamos seis tipos de estudiantes. La mayo-
ría de los estudiantes (84%) presentaron niveles moderados de expectati-
vas, mientras que el 8% y el 4% presentaron expectativas muy altas y bajas,
respectivamente. Una clase incluyó al 4% de los estudiantes, con altas ex-
pectativas en relación a la calidad de la educación y para el compromiso
político y la ciudadanía y menores expectativas en cuanto a interacción so-
cial y atención a las presiones sociales. Varones e estudiantes mayores pre-
sentan expectativas más positivas. Estudiantes de familias más privilegiadas
presenten mayores expectativas hacia el compromiso político y de expe-
riencias de ciudadanía, así como menores expectativas de interacción social
y de ocio y de atención a las presiones sociales.
Academic expectations are an important variable in the explana- tion of adaptation and academic success in higher education. This paper uses latent profile analysis as a person-centered statistical approach to clas- sify students into groups of similar types of expectations for higher educa- tion, at the beginning of the first year in university. Participants were 2,478 first-year Portuguese students. Based on the scores of seven dimensions of expectations, we identified six classes of students. Most students (84%) presented moderate levels of expectations, while 8% and 4%, respectively, reported very high and low expectations. One class represented a group of students (4%) with high expectations for the quality of education and for political engagement and citizenship and lower expectations for social in- teraction and attending to social pressures. Male and older students showed more positive expectations. Students from privileged family back- grounds are more likely to present higher expectations for political en- gagement and citizenship experiences, and lower expectations for social in- teraction and leisure and attending to social pressures.
Academic expectations are an important variable in the explana- tion of adaptation and academic success in higher education. This paper uses latent profile analysis as a person-centered statistical approach to clas- sify students into groups of similar types of expectations for higher educa- tion, at the beginning of the first year in university. Participants were 2,478 first-year Portuguese students. Based on the scores of seven dimensions of expectations, we identified six classes of students. Most students (84%) presented moderate levels of expectations, while 8% and 4%, respectively, reported very high and low expectations. One class represented a group of students (4%) with high expectations for the quality of education and for political engagement and citizenship and lower expectations for social in- teraction and attending to social pressures. Male and older students showed more positive expectations. Students from privileged family back- grounds are more likely to present higher expectations for political en- gagement and citizenship experiences, and lower expectations for social in- teraction and leisure and attending to social pressures.
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