Assessing academic success rate and related factors among the students
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INTRODUCTION: One of the main criteria for students’ merit in their study process and reaching thegraduation step, is academic success. Therefore, identifying related factors can help the improvementof academic success rate. The aim of this study was to examine the academic success and relatedfactors among the students of University of Tehran.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross‑sectional study was done on 384 students of TehranUniversity of Medical Sciences. Samples were selected through stratified sampling method. Datawere collected through questionnaires of academic success scale 39 that reliability and validity ofthat were confirmed. Data analysis was done through SPSS18 software. Descriptive statistics andindependent t‑test, and correlation coefficient were performed at significance level of 0.05.RESULTS: The mean academic success was 108.87(standard deviation[SD] =10.63) (69.78% of total score).The mean academic success in male was 110.04 (SD = 11.75) and in female was 108.20 (SD = 9.91).Independent t‑test results indicate that there is a significant statistical relationship between marital status andthe academic success (P< 0.05). The Pearson correlation test results showed that there was a statisticallysignificant relationship between average with academic success (r = 0.17, P = 0.001).CONCLUSION: Considering the effect of demographic variables on the academic success rate,academic success rate can be improved by planning to improve these factors.