School of Higher Education Studies, University of the Free State, P O Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa; UFS Business School, University of the Free State, P O Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
Kotzé, M., School of Higher Education Studies, University of the Free State, P O Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa; Niemann, R., UFS Business School, University of the Free State, P O Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
This article aims to determine whether psychological resources (hope, optimism and resilience) can be potential predictors of academic performance. A cross-sectional survey design was used and the sample consisted of 789 first-year students in Industrial Psychology. The measuring instruments included the State Hope Scale (SHS), the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R), and the Adult Resilience Indicator (ARI). The results of the simple multiple regression analysis showed that state hope, and specifically pathways, and three dimensions of resilience were statistically significantly related to academic performance, whereas optimism was not a statistically significant predictor of academic performance. © UV/UFS Bibliography.