EXPLORING THE POSITIVE PSYCHO-SOCIAL MULTIPLE FACTORS CONNECTED TO ENGAGE STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY: A QUANTITATIVE CASE STUDY

Abstract

The performance of Student comes from the engagement they have with the academic activities with their higher institutions. This conviction is determined by multiple factors both internal and external. Student´s engagement have been the important factors in academic performance within universities. The aim of this study is to find the relationship between the factors of emotional intelligence, orientation to happiness and positive social relationships within the school with the engagement of university students in a chosen sample of Sindh, Pakistan. A stratified probabilistic sampling of students from a public sector university of University of sindh, was conducted. A total of 226 students answered the self-report, 52% were women, and 48% were men. A model of structural equations was performed to evaluate the relationships between the studied factors. The results show that positive factors, both social (relationships with teachers and classmates) and personal (emotional intelligence and orientation to happiness), maintain a direct and significant relationship with the university student’s engagement. To improve the student’s engagement in university activities is necessary to promote personal issues such as emotional intelligence and orientation to happiness. It is also important to foster good social relationships with teachers and classmates.