Abstract

BURGOS-DIAZ, Jenny Paola. Narrative understanding of factors associated with academic performance in students of Boyacá, Colombia. Divers.: Perspect. Psicol. [online]. 2018, vol.14, n.1, pp.137-148. ISSN 1794-9998.  https://doi.org/10.15332/s1794-9998.2018.0001.10.

This article presents a qualitative study belonging to a narrative type, whose main objective was to understand the relationship between psychosocial, family and institutional factors and academic performance. 16 students undergoing academic trial participated voluntarily in two conversational scenarios. An analysis matrix was designed to carry out data processing through categorization of narratives according to the thematic domains of the research. The analysis of the students' narratives at the implemented scenarios allowed the comprehension of the meaning of relevance that students attribute to their relationship with teachers; the importance of family support as a motivational element and family difficulties as an interference; the influence of their peers in decision making and greater interest in social activities than academic aspects, and finally, frequent personal features of evasive coping, facing reported academic difficulties.

Keywords : Narratives; Psychosocial; family and institutional factors; Academic performance.

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