Psychological factors related to the permanence of students benefited by the Effective Access to Higher Education Program (PACE)

Abstract

The results of a research whose objective was to analyze the relationship between certain personality traits -such as responsibility and openness to experience-, self-efficacy and achievement motivation, as psychological factors linked to the continuity of university students belonging to a Program of Access and Accompaniment to Higher Education (In Spanish PACE) are presented. By means of a quantitative methodology, and a sample of 279 students belonging to this program, a logistic regression model was proposed that allowed concluding that Responsibility, Openness to Experience, Self-Efficacy and Achievement Motivation respectively act as predictors of the continuity of studies of these students. These results deepen in the personal environment of this type of students, providing background of interest for the psychological orientation they receive as part of the program in their stage of accompaniment and preparation in secondary education (PEM).

Keywords

• equal opportunity
• educational opportunities
• universities
• educational psychology