Maximizing tendency predicts university adjustment and academic performance

IntroductionDecision-making characteristics that contribute to university adjustment and academic performance have been important topics in the research on success in higher education. This study proposes a new perspective that maximizing tendency, as a decision-making style, influences adaptive outcomes in college life. Materials and methodsTwo studies were performed to investigate the positive effects of maximizing tendency on university adjustment and academic performance. In Study 1, we engaged in multistage data collection and surveyed 552 students in four universities. In over a span of 4 years, Study 2 was designed as a time-lagged survey with 309 students. ResultsThe results revealed that maximizers among students have better university adjustment after their first year at school and achieve higher GPAs when they finished their bachelor's degree. Furthermore, eudaimonic well-being mediated the relationship between maximizing tendency and university adjustment (Study 1), whereas university adjustment mediated the relationship between maximizing tendency and college student's academic performance (Study 2). ConclusionThese consistent results imply that maximizing tendency as a predictor of university adjustment and academic performance, showing its long-term positive impacts on adaptability and wellbeing.

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This study reveals the impact of decision-making characteristics on university adjustment and academic performance and proposes that maximizing tendency as a decision-making style influences adaptive outcomes in college life. Two studies found that maximizers among students have better university adjustment and achieve higher GPAs. Furthermore, eudaimonic well-being mediates the relationship between maximizing tendency and university adjustment, while university adjustment mediates the relationship between maximizing tendency and college student's academic performance. These consistent results imply the long-term positive impacts of maximizing tendency on adaptability and wellbeing.