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Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology
2014. Vol. 3, no. 2, 29–40
ISSN: 2304-4977 (online)

Empirical study of the degrees to which social support, social status and gender affect the academic achievement

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A. Volkov, E. Zerkalova

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Abstract

The article reviews the studies of foreign authors concerning the impact of various factors on academic achievement. The factors under the study are: sociometric status, social support on the side of significant others, gender, support on the side of the family and the peer group.

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Keywords: success. Academic achievement, sociometry, scale of perceived social suppor, scale of social status, gender

Journal rubric: Educational Psychology and Pedagogical Psychology

Article type: review article

For citation: Volkov A., Zerkalova E. Empirical study of the degrees to which social support, social status and gender affect the academic achievement [Elektronnyi resurs]. Sovremennaia zarubezhnaia psikhologiia = Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology, 2014. Vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 29–40. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

A. Volkov, PhD student at the Department of Social Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: alexander.volkov.89@mail.ru

Ekaterina Zerkalova, Project Coordinator in Hotels & Hospitality Department at Jones Lang LaSalle LLC, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: Kate_zerkalova@yahoo.com

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