'n Ondersoek na die verband tussen sekere aspekte van die verhoudingslewe en die akademiese prestasie van universiteitstudente

[摘要] This study was an attempt to determine whether thereare factors related to student dating which can be associated withthe level of students' academic performance, and, if any exist,to establish the nature of these factors and to determine andexplain this association or relationship.The sample was drawn from students in the final (third)year of their B.A. course. The sample included both men andwomen. It was drawn from the Potchefstroom University forC.H.E. and the University of Pretoria.The results indicated a definite relationship betweencertain aspects of students' dating and their academic success.The most important observation concerned the datingpattern: Students who classified themselves as having a steadydate (going steady) almost without exception obtained highermarks than could have been expected from their academic aptitude.(Matriculation results were used as an indication of this sample'sacademic aptitude, having been statistically proved to bear thehighest correlation with their actual academic performance.)The academic performance of students who did date but who didnot have a steady date was, in almost every case, found to bepoorer than could have been expected from their academic aptitude.Many indications were found that these two groups ofstudents do not only differ regarding the level of their academicperformance but also as regards a number of other characteristics,the development of which, of course, may very well havebeen further stimulated by the nature of their specific datingpatterns.The academic performance of students who did not dateat all was found to be, in some cases, slightly poorer, and, inother instances, slightly better than could have been expected;no definite pattern emerged.Some other aspects of student dating proved, in somecases, to have a significant relationship with students' academicperformance. These were: the length of the period (number ofyears) for which they had been going steady and the time (averagein hours per week) spent on dating activities.Where students of the two universities were concerned,certain differences in the relationship between their datingbehaviour and academic performance were observed.Only very slight differences were observed between thetwo sexes as far as the relationship between these two variablesare concerned.The study shed more light on the problem of factorsassociated with students' academic success by presenting ananalysis of the influence of certain aspects of dating behaviouron the level of students' academic performance.Furthermore it served to elucidate the role of dating asa significant part of student life, and the influence of certaindating patterns and other variables associated with dating onmany aspects of their university life, including their academicperformance.

[发布机构] North-West University