The Effects of Social and Psychological Characteristics on Student Academic Performance: A Comparative Study

Theoretical framework and hypotheses have been developed by considering the positive relationship of determinants and outcome of academic performance of students with the support of relevant theories and existing literatures. Data were collected from two public universities namely, Comilla University, and University of Dhaka through questionnaire survey. Structural equation modeling (SEM) including confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and path analyses were applied to assess the reliability and validity of models and test the proposed hypotheses of the study. This study identified social support, student psychology, and self-esteem as determinants of academic performance of students. If it is true, students should aware of self-reliance, and sound mental health. Educational institutions should ensure proper educational support and environment. Families as well as societies should concern about family and social relationship and environment. The empirical results provided supportive evidences in favor of the hypotheses and theoretical arguments. The study found positive relationship among social support, student psychology, self-esteem, and academic performance of undergraduate level students of two public universities