Social and psychological capital and its relation with academic achievement among medical sciences students of Semnan university of medical sciences, Semnan, Iran

authors:

avatar Nemat Sotodeh Asl , avatar Mehdi Kahouei ORCID , * , avatar Adele sensebli , avatar Fahime Fodaji

Koomesh: Vol.20, issue 2; 256-262
published online: May 02, 2018
article type: Research Article
received: September 02, 2017
accepted: January 02, 2018

how to cite: Sotodeh Asl N, Kahouei M, sensebli A, Fodaji F. Social and psychological capital and its relation with academic achievement among medical sciences students of Semnan university of medical sciences, Semnan, Iran. koomesh. 2018;20(2):e152956. 

Abstract

Introduction: Students are important community members and their social and psychological well-being is of high value for the community. Social and psychological capital as an important factor can help students to achieve academic progress. This research was carried out with the aim of investigating the relationship between social and psychological capital and academic achievement of students of Semnan University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: This was an applied study that was conducted on 400 students of Semnan University of Medical Sciences (2016-2017, Semnan, Iran). Data collection tools were Oniks and Bollen social capital and Luthanz psychological capital questionnaires. Results: The results of the research showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between students;#39 psychological and social capital (r = 0.41, p = 0.001). The results also showed that there was no significant relationship between students;#39 psychological and social capital with age, gender and marital status (p

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