Schilling, Malte (2024) Balancing Brilliance: Understanding Academic Well-Being in High-Achieving Students. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Students continue to report disproportionately high levels of distress and impaired well-being. However, the development of effective interventions is hindered by conceptual ambiguities surrounding the definition of well-being and a lack of targeted research on specific student populations, such as high-achieving students. This study therefore aimed to address these issues by exploring how well-being is conceptualised among students and identifying specific factors contributing to it for high-achieving and non-high-achieving students. Following a qualitative approach grounded in Self-Determination Theory, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 undergraduate students from diverse nationalities and fields of study and analysed using inductive and deductive methods. Results indicate that well-being should be understood as a complex and multifaceted concept and that its definition should be expanded to encompass physical well-being, the impact of stress on mental well-being, and the concept of balance. Furthermore, the applicability of Self-Determination Theory in understanding academic well-being was confirmed, while differences for high-achieving students were highlighted particularly in terms of autonomy, competence, and stress. Additionally, potential extensions to Self-Determination Theory are discussed, and a novel link between autonomy, competence, and achievement, which may be specific to high-achieving students, is proposed. Further research is needed to empirically test this connection and integrate it within theoretical well-being frameworks. Keywords: Well-Being, Self-Determination Theory, Basic Needs, High-Achieving Students
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Ballato, L. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jul 2024 13:58 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jul 2024 13:58 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3951 |
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