Predictors of Academic and Social Success and Psychological Well-Being in College Students

The present study utilized 217 student participants to identify predictors of five types of college success. Although study skills were most important in predicting grade point average, other factors, including parental encouragement of learning during childhood, ADHD symptomatology, and varying motives to attend to college, were also predictive of success, as indicated by measures of academic adjustment, social adjustment, satisfaction with life and appreciation of the liberal arts.