Predictors of Academic and Social Success and Psychological Well-Being in College Students

Table 1

Summary of regression analyses predicting success in college.

Predictor variable	𝐵	SE 𝐵	𝛽	𝑡	𝛼
GPA
Study skills	.03	.01	.38	3.12	.002
Inattention	.02	.02	.14	1.14	.26
Hyperactivity	−.03	.02	−.17	−1.60	.11
ALAS	.01	.03	.06	.48	.63
Parental encourage.	.01	.01	.06	.61	.55
Career motives	.08	.11	.15	1.16	.25
Prove worth motives	.02	.05	.05	.48	.63
Expectation motives	.05	.07	.08	.73	.47
Encouragement motives	.07	.07	.13	1.10	.27
Help family motives	.02	.05	.04	.38	.71
Academic adjustment
Study skills	.76	.14	.38	5.36	<.001
Inattention	−.35	.29	−.09	−1.21	.23
Hyperactivity	−.15	.24	−.04	−.62	.53
ALAS	2.17	1.50	.10	1.45	.15
Parental encourage.	.30	.11	.16	2.67	.008
Career motives	−5.55	1.68	−.23	−3.31	.001
Humanitarian motives	3.37	1.09	.22	3.08	.002
Prove worth motives	1.71	.64	.17	2.67	.008
Expectation motives	−.00	.93	.00	−.00	.99
Encouragement motives	−2.14	.97	−.16	−2.22	.03
Help family motives	−.08	.66	−.01	−.11	.91
Social adjustment
Study skills	.22	.15	.12	1.51	.13
Inattention	−1.30	.29	−.34	−4.43	<.001
Hyperactivity	.38	.25	.10	1.49	.14
ALAS	3.26	1.54	.16	2.11	.04
Parental encourage.	.21	.11	.12	1.85	.07
Career motives	−.85	1.68	−.04	−.50	.62
Humanitarian motives	2.35	1.12	.17	2.09	.04
Prove worth motives	.19	.67	.02	.28	.78
Expectation motives	−.91	.96	−.07	−.95	.35
Encouragement motives	−3.63	.99	−.28	−3.66	<.001
Help family motives	−.66	.68	−.07	−.98	.33
Satisfaction with life
Study skills	−.04	.06	−.06	−.73	.46
Inattention	.25	.12	.19	2.18	.03
Hyperactivity	.09	.10	.07	.85	.40
ALAS	.03	.62	.00	.04	.99
Parental encourage.	−.12	.05	−.19	−2.55	.01
Career motives	.46	.69	.06	.67	.51
Humanitarian motives	−.12	.45	−.02	−.28	.78
Prove worth motives	−.05	.27	−.02	−.19	.85
Expectation motives	−.39	.39	−.08	−1.00	.32
Encouragement motives	.56	.40	.12	1.38	.17
Help family motives	.13	.28	.04	.48	.63