The Key Of Academic Success – Different Keys To Different Faculties
Authors
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Beatrix Séllei
AffiliationBudapest University of Technology and Economics Beatrix Séllei, PhD Assistant Professor, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Department of Ergonomics and Psychology,
1117 Budapest, 2 Magyar tudósok körútja, Bld. Q, wing „A” 0000-0002-4976-6053 She is a psychologist, trainer, and coach. Her research field is positive psychology in higher education, focusing on factors underlying students' success and essential factors for drop-out prevention. She heads the Higher Education Laboratory at the Faculty of Management of Social Sciences at BME. All in her fields, she's dedicated to improving the quality of higher education for engineering and management students.
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Míra Makai
AffiliationMíra Makai
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Ergonomics and Psychology in Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences.
1117 Budapest, 2 Magyar tudósok körútja, Bld. Q, wing „A”
0009-0006-0685-9993
First-year PhD student at Budapest University of Technology and Economincs, organizational and work psychologist, trainer, coach, with many years of work experience in multinational companies.
Main academic focus is on supporting students’ well-being and academic success and the prevention of their potential burnout with relaxation-based interventions.
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Ahlem Khefacha
AffiliationAhlem Khefacha Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Doctoral School of Business and Management, Department of Ergonomics and Psychology 1117 Budapest, 2 Magyar tudósok körútja, Bld. Q, wing „A” 0000-0003-0509-7588 NeuroLinguistic Programming practitioner coach and hypnotherapist technician. Trainer and coach specialised in emotional intelligence. Experienced in facilitating sessions within corporates and students.
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Hamdi Fatma
AffiliationHamdi Fatma Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Mathematics Mathematician with a focus on statistics and data science. Experienced in applying advanced analytical techniques and using data-driven decision making to solve complex problems. Passionate about using mathematical models and machine learning to uncover insights into human behaviour.
Abstract
Developing a strong skill set is crucial for engineering students to succeed in the job market and throughout their entire academic journey. Studies showed the importance of positive psychological factors that can affect students’ success or drop out from their studies. First-year students face several challenges when transitioning from high school, pushing universities to look for the possible factors affecting such decisions to address it better, considering the differences between each field of study. This research aims to confirm the set of positive psychological factors, including emotional intelligence, that would predict the dropping out and success of students in different faculties. First-year students of the economics and social science, engineering, and natural science faculty answered psychological questionnaires in 2020 and 2021. The questionnaire includes coping styles, personality traits, psychological immune system, emotional intelligence, PERMA factors (P—positive emotion, E—engagement, R—relationships, M—meaning, A—accomplishments), and GRIT. Machine learning XGBoost was used for the analysis. Results confirmed the existence of different impacting factors depending on the faculty. The only common factor between faculties was the psychological immunity feeling of growth attribute, which showed the opposite importance for social and economics students and engineering and natural science students. The results allow universities to consider these factors for dropout and success for first-year engineering and non-engineering students.
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