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The relationship between sense of coherence, time-to-degree and academic achievement in the non-traditional student at a distance learning institutions

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dc.contributor.advisor Van der Westhuizen, Sanet
dc.contributor.advisor Barnard, Antoni
dc.contributor.author Ley, Louise
dc.date.accessioned 2014-03-17T10:02:06Z
dc.date.available 2014-03-17T10:02:06Z
dc.date.issued 2014-03-17
dc.identifier.citation Ley, Louise (2014) The relationship between sense of coherence, time-to-degree and academic achievement in the non-traditional student at a distance learning institutions, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13263> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13263
dc.description.abstract Stress in non-traditional students may be associated with psychological stress which could adversely affect academic and job performance. Sense of Coherence a resource enabling people to manage tension in a health promoting could positively affect performance. The objective of this study was to investigate how SOC, time-to-degree and academic achievement influence each other in non-traditional students. A cross-sectional survey design was used in this descriptive study. The convenience sample consisted of three hundred and sixty six non-traditional students at a distance learning institution in South Africa. Secondary data for this research came from students who had completed the short form OLQ-13 as part of the official study material for a research module at a particular distance education institution. No theoretical relationship could be found between SOC, time-to-degree and academic achievement. The empirical relationship proved that SOC could not be used as a predictor of time-to-degree and academic achievement of the particular sample under investigation. en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (vi, 63 leaves)
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Sense of coherence en
dc.subject Salutogenesis en
dc.subject Non-traditional student en
dc.subject Time-to-degree en
dc.subject Academic achievement en
dc.subject Grade point average en
dc.subject Distance education institution en
dc.subject Student en
dc.subject Academic performance en
dc.subject Work performance en
dc.subject.ddc 155.90420968
dc.subject.lcsh Sense of coherence
dc.subject.lcsh Distance education -- South Africa -- Psychological aspects
dc.subject.lcsh Academic achievement -- South Africa -- Psychological aspects
dc.subject.lcsh Stress (Psychology) -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh College students -- South Africa -- Psychology
dc.title The relationship between sense of coherence, time-to-degree and academic achievement in the non-traditional student at a distance learning institutions en
dc.type Dissertation en
dc.description.department Industrial and Organisational Psychology en
dc.description.degree M. Com. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)


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