title: Time diary and questionnaire assessment of factors associated with academic and personal success among university undergraduates.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A sample of 231 students attending a private liberal arts university in central Alberta, Canada, completed a 5-day time diary and a 71-item questionnaire assessing the influence of personal, cognitive, and attitudinal factors on success.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors used 3 success measures: cumulative grade point average (GPA), Personal Success--each participant's rating of congruence between stated goals and progress toward those goals--and Total Success--a measure that weighted GPA and Personal Success equally.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The greatest predictors of GPA were time-management skills, intelligence, time spent studying, computer ownership, less time spent in passive leisure, and a healthy diet. Predictors of Personal Success scores were clearly defined goals, overall health, personal spirituality, and time-management skills. Predictors of Total Success scores were clearly defined goals, time-management skills, less time spent in passive leisure, healthy diet, waking up early, computer ownership, and less time spent sleeping.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results suggest alternatives to traditional predictors of academic success.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Behavioral Science, Canadian University College, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada. dgeorge@cauc.ca
authors.forename: Darren
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: Sinikka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: Emory
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stansal
authors.forename: Shannon Lund
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Gelb
authors.forename: Tabitha
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pheri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D012890:Sleep; D029181:Spirituality; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017748:Time Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D014495:Universities