Below are ten academic studies and articles that analyze the roles of courage/bravery (and their inverses-- fear and anxiety), self-care and health, social support, and owning dreams (defined here as self-efficacy and clear goal setting) in success and other positive results. Among other findings, fear, lack of sleep, and no social support are shown to negatively impact success and performance.
1. "HOW SOCIAL SUPPORT INFLUENCES UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF SELF-ESTEEM"
Published: 2018
Description and Findings: This study found that how an individual perceived social support was correlated to academic success. So, the more a person felt they were supported, the better they did. An important factor in perceiving more social support was having higher self-esteem. Social support and self-esteem work in a sort of "feedback loop" with one bolstering and creating the other.
2. "THE ROLE OF CAREER ADAPTABILITY AND COURAGE IN LIFE SATISFACTION IN ADOLESCENCE"
Published: 2018
Description and Findings: Courage in adolescent boys and girls was shown to positively mediate both career adaptability and life satisfaction.
3. "THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDY ANXIETY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG ENGINEERING STUDENTS"
Published: 2010
Description and Findings: "Anxiety is one of the major predictors of academic performance." In this study, there was a high correlation between high anxiety and low academic performance.
1. "HOW SOCIAL SUPPORT INFLUENCES UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF SELF-ESTEEM"
Published: 2018
Description and Findings: This study found that how an individual perceived social support was correlated to academic success. So, the more a person felt they were supported, the better they did. An important factor in perceiving more social support was having higher self-esteem. Social support and self-esteem work in a sort of "feedback loop" with one bolstering and creating the other.
2. "THE ROLE OF CAREER ADAPTABILITY AND COURAGE IN LIFE SATISFACTION IN ADOLESCENCE"
Published: 2018
Description and Findings: Courage in adolescent boys and girls was shown to positively mediate both career adaptability and life satisfaction.
3. "THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDY ANXIETY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG ENGINEERING STUDENTS"
Published: 2010
Description and Findings: "Anxiety is one of the major predictors of academic performance." In this study, there was a high correlation between high anxiety and low academic performance.
4. "SPORT COURAGE, WORRY, AND FEAR IN RELATION TO SUCCESS OF ALPINE SKI LEARNING"
Published: 2018
Description and Findings: This academic study examined the correlation between a number of emotional factors, including fear, and measured sport performance among beginning alpine skiers. For both men and women, fear negatively impacted performances, although this wasmore strong correlated in women. For men, the strongest indicator of performance success was self-efficacy, or the belief in their ability to perform well. This is likely due to gendered cultural treatment of men and women as it pertains to sports.
5. NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE, "AN UNDERAPPRECIATED KEY TO COLLEGE SUCCESS: SLEEP"
Published: 2018
Description: Having poor sleep quantity and or quality is an even stronger correlate to poor academic performance than drug or alcohol use on college campuses. For example, one study cited in the article found: "... each additional day of sleep disturbance a college student experienced each week, the likelihood of dropping a course rose by 10 percent and grade point average fell by 0.02, even when most other factors known to influence academic success were taken into account."
6. "AN INVESTIGATION OF CHARACTER STRENGTHS IN RELATION TO THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS"
Published: 2009
Description and Findings: Many traits deemed to beanecdotally "positive" correlate with greater academic success. This study used the Values in Action (VIA) character strength measurement and compared student's scores with GPAs and life satisfaction scores. The traits that most strongly correlated with a higher GPA were persistence , followed by love of learning, prudence, judgment, fairness, and self-regulation. Bravery was a correlate to higher GPA, but to a lesser degree.
7. "GOAL SETTING THEORY OF MOTIVATION"
Published: 2011
Description and Findings: Performance is more effective when goals are specific and challenging, and when performance is evaluated and reflected on.
8. "THE LONGITUDINAL IMPACT OF SELF-EFFICACY AND CAREER GOALS ON OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE CAREER SUCCESS"
Published: 2009
Description and Findings: Self-efficacy (or the belief in oneself) in the early stages ofones' career is positively correlated to later career satisfaction and career success (higher earnings).
9. "RESEARCHER: SOCIAL SUPPORT IN SCHOOLS IS KEY TO STUDENT SUCCESS"
Published: 2015
Description and Findings: This article summarizes research done by Lara Perez-Felkner at Florida State University. The research found that for undeserved students, better institutional and personal support indicated better academic outcomes.
10. "ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG ADOLESCENTS WITH BEHAVIORALLY INDUCED INSUFFICIENT SLEEP SYNDROME"
Published: 2017
Description and Findings: This study found correlations between lack of sleep and poor academic performance. "The results suggest that restricting sleep to allot extra time for studying is an ineffective strategy for academic achievement."
Published: 2018
Description and Findings: This academic study examined the correlation between a number of emotional factors, including fear, and measured sport performance among beginning alpine skiers. For both men and women, fear negatively impacted performances, although this was
5. NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE, "AN UNDERAPPRECIATED KEY TO COLLEGE SUCCESS: SLEEP"
Published: 2018
Description: Having poor sleep quantity and or quality is an even stronger correlate to poor academic performance than drug or alcohol use on college campuses. For example, one study cited in the article found: "
6. "AN INVESTIGATION OF CHARACTER STRENGTHS IN RELATION TO THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS"
Published: 2009
Description and Findings: Many traits deemed to be
7. "GOAL SETTING THEORY OF MOTIVATION"
Published: 2011
Description and Findings: Performance is more effective when goals are specific and challenging, and when performance is evaluated and reflected on.
8. "THE LONGITUDINAL IMPACT OF SELF-EFFICACY AND CAREER GOALS ON OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE CAREER SUCCESS"
Published: 2009
Description and Findings: Self-efficacy (or the belief in oneself) in the early stages of
9. "RESEARCHER: SOCIAL SUPPORT IN SCHOOLS IS KEY TO STUDENT SUCCESS"
Published: 2015
Description and Findings: This article summarizes research done by Lara Perez-Felkner at Florida State University. The research found that for undeserved students, better institutional and personal support indicated better academic outcomes.
10. "ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG ADOLESCENTS WITH BEHAVIORALLY INDUCED INSUFFICIENT SLEEP SYNDROME"
Published: 2017
Description and Findings: This study found correlations between lack of sleep and poor academic performance. "The results suggest that restricting sleep to allot extra time for studying is an ineffective strategy for academic achievement."