Predicting academic performance based on the components of social skills and social acceptance

The present research was conducted with the aim of predicting academic performance based on the components of social skills (desirable and undesirable social skills) and social acceptance.

The descriptive research method is correlation type. The statistical population was all female students of the first year of high school in Qom, numbering 4950 people. The sample consisted of 357 female students who were selected by a multi-stage cluster method and answered the social skills questionnaires of Inderbitzen and Foster and social acceptance of Crown-Marlow. The data were analyzed using correlation and multiple regression analysis.

The Results showed that desirable social skills and social acceptance had the ability to predict academic performance (P<0.05); However, unfavorable social skills did not have the ability to predict academic performance (P < 0.05).

Therefore, in order to improve the academic performance of students, it is necessary to hold educational workshops and group counseling to explain and improve the components of social skills and social acceptance of students.