TY - JOUR
T1 - Students’ Perceptions of Factors that Contribute to Risk and Success in Accelerated High School Courses
AU - Shaunessy-Dedrick, Elizabeth
AU - Suldo, Shannon M.
AU - Roth, Rachel Anne
AU - Fefer, Sarah A.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - In this qualitative study, we investigated 15 successful and 15 struggling high school students, perceived stressors, coping strategies, and intrapersonal and environmental factors that students perceive to influence their success in college-level courses. We found that students’ primary sources of stress involved meeting numerous academic demands and seeking a balance between academic goals, social needs, and extracurricular activities. The most frequently described and commonly used coping responses viewed as effective involved time and task management, seeking temporary diversions, and cognitive reappraisal. Students perceived a strong work ethic and high achievement motivation as personal traits aligned with success, and support from a broad network of peers, parents, and teachers as environmental factors that are also related to optimal performance in rigorous accelerated high school programs.
AB - In this qualitative study, we investigated 15 successful and 15 struggling high school students, perceived stressors, coping strategies, and intrapersonal and environmental factors that students perceive to influence their success in college-level courses. We found that students’ primary sources of stress involved meeting numerous academic demands and seeking a balance between academic goals, social needs, and extracurricular activities. The most frequently described and commonly used coping responses viewed as effective involved time and task management, seeking temporary diversions, and cognitive reappraisal. Students perceived a strong work ethic and high achievement motivation as personal traits aligned with success, and support from a broad network of peers, parents, and teachers as environmental factors that are also related to optimal performance in rigorous accelerated high school programs.
KW - stress
KW - coping
KW - personal traits
KW - environmental factors
KW - International Baccalaureate
KW - Advanced Placement
UR - https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tal_facpub/163
UR - https://doi.org/10.1353/hsj.2015.0002
U2 - 10.1353/hsj.2015.0002
DO - 10.1353/hsj.2015.0002
M3 - Article
VL - 98
JO - The High School Journal
JF - The High School Journal
ER -