Students admitted to university based on a cognitive test and MMI are less stressed than students admitted based on GPA

TY - JOUR

T1 - Students admitted to university based on a cognitive test and MMI are less stressed than students admitted based on GPA

AU - Lilleholt, Lau

AU - Aaby, Anders

AU - Makransky, Guido

PY - 2019/6

Y1 - 2019/6

N2 - Many university students report being stressed which has been linked with various negative outcomes. The primary purpose of this study was to explore the selection effects of different admission procedures on students’ stress level. The sample consisted of 196 students who had been admitted to the psychology program at the University of Southern Denmark based either on their grade point average (admission procedure 1), or a combination of a cognitive test and multiple mini interviews (admission procedure 2). The students were asked to complete the Perceived Stress Scale-10 as well as an adapted version of the Big Five Inventory. The results showed that students admitted through admission procedure 2 were less stressed than students admitted through admission procedure 1. Furthermore, the effect of admission procedure on student stress level was found to be mediated by neuroticism and conscientiousness.

AB - Many university students report being stressed which has been linked with various negative outcomes. The primary purpose of this study was to explore the selection effects of different admission procedures on students’ stress level. The sample consisted of 196 students who had been admitted to the psychology program at the University of Southern Denmark based either on their grade point average (admission procedure 1), or a combination of a cognitive test and multiple mini interviews (admission procedure 2). The students were asked to complete the Perceived Stress Scale-10 as well as an adapted version of the Big Five Inventory. The results showed that students admitted through admission procedure 2 were less stressed than students admitted through admission procedure 1. Furthermore, the effect of admission procedure on student stress level was found to be mediated by neuroticism and conscientiousness.

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - Admissionprocedure

KW - Stress

KW - Universitystudents

KW - Individualdifferences

U2 - 10.1016/j.stueduc.2019.03.005

DO - 10.1016/j.stueduc.2019.03.005

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0191-491X

VL - 61

SP - 170

EP - 175

JO - Studies in Educational Evaluation

JF - Studies in Educational Evaluation

ER -