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This brief report proposes a model in which academic psychological capital (PsyCap) mediates between the satisfaction of student's basic psychological needs and their academic performance, as assessed by students' GPA. Participants were 407 adolescents, aged 12-18, recruited from three Chilean schools. Through structural equation modeling, direct and indirect effects were calculated. Results show that academic PsyCap (assessed at time 2) fully mediates the relationship between the satisfaction of basic psychological needs (assessed at time 1) and academic performance (assessed at time 3). This means that students whose basic psychological needs are satisfied at school experience more hope, efficacy, resilience, and optimism (PsyCap), which, in turn, leads to better academic performance. Both theoretical and practical implications of the results are addressed, as well as strengths and weaknesses and directions for future research.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02113 | DOI Listing |
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Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 250014 Jinan, Shandong, China.
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Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, 510631, Guangzhou, China.
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Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China.
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Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.
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Department of Clinical Psychology, Mizoram University, Aizawl, India.
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