Abstract
Human resource development is one of the major goals of Brunei’s current development plan to be achieved under Wawasan 2035 policy. The University of Brunei Darussalam’s foundation program aims to increase students’ access to higher education among disadvantaged and underrepresented groups. The present field survey investigated how the coping strategies and help-seeking behaviors of 146 (103 females and 43 males) Brunei foundation students would assist. Participants from government secondary schools scored significantly higher on the productive coping and reference to others coping styles than peers from private schools. Main effective predictors of achievement included productive coping, referencing to others, and using resources (library, Internet, peers, lecturers, and self-efficacy). Two-way interactions of the male gender with the library, Internet, lecturers, peers, and self-efficacy would help improve men’s achievement. The interaction of Internet and nonproductive coping also predicted achievement. Interventions for vulnerable and at-risk students were recommended to increase the success rate.
Highlights
Upon analyzing the raw quantitative data, we used SPSS Version 22 to perform a wide range of analyses such as descriptive statistics, t tests for independent groups, hierarchical multiple regression analysis, binary logistic regression analysis, and analysis of interaction variables using the generalized linear model (GLM)
We examined the viability of several low-order interactions and higher order interactions that we regressed on grade point average (GPA) achievement scores using the GLM
The goal of all these interventions would be to help achieve the present policies of University of Brunei Darussalam (UBD), which include (a) increasing students’ access and intake, (b) increasing access to males and retention of males in the university, (c) improving learning and study skills among foundation students to reduce the drop-out rate and wastage, and (d) improving the quality of teaching in all the university programs collectively known as the “ Generation programs”
Summary
Most of these issues (such as the budget; quantity and quality of academic staff teaching the program’s modules; learning resources; and effectiveness of the program) were outside and beyond the scope of the present study. Coping and help-seeking behaviors that were most helpful to males were sought in the present study, and this is what differentiated the current study from previous investigations. These are the factors that could be included and emphasized in any educational, counseling, and psychological interventions for UniBridge students with high support needs
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