Abstract
Summary. The relationship between levels of academic achievement of first‐year university students and various attitudinal, situational and mental health factors was examined. Using the regression equation method a sample of 222 first‐year students were assigned to a high‐achieving, average‐achieving, or low‐achieving group. The classification of each student was based on the relationship between his actual grade point average (GPA) in introductory psychology and the GPA which would be expected on account of his IQ. All subjects completed the Student Interest and Attitude Study II and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. The items which discriminated between the three groups were subjected to factor analysis and eight factors were identified. The results of this study were compared with a similar project carried out at the high school level, and the similarities and differences in outcome were discussed.
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