Beyond Cultural and Geographical Proximity: Delving into the Factors That Influence the Dynamics of Academic Relationships between Students in Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Tomás-Miquel, José-Vicente; Capó-Vicedo, Jordi
Titel	Beyond Cultural and Geographical Proximity: Delving into the Factors That Influence the Dynamics of Academic Relationships between Students in Higher Education
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 83 (2022) 5, S.1143-1162 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Tomás-Miquel, José-Vicente) ORCID (Capó-Vicedo, Jordi)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-021-00734-3
Schlagwörter	College Students; Academic Achievement; Network Analysis; Student Characteristics; Predictor Variables; Proximity; Interpersonal Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Schulleistung; Netzplantechnik; Prädiktor; Lebensnähe; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
Abstract	Scholars have widely recognised the importance of academic relationships between students at the university. While much of the past research has focused on studying their influence on different aspects such as the students' academic performance or their emotional stability, less is known about their dynamics and the factors that influence the formation and dissolution of linkages between university students in academic networks. In this paper, we try to shed light on this issue by exploring through stochastic actor-oriented models and student-level data the influence that a set of proximity factors may have on formation of these relationships over the entire period in which students are enrolled at the university. Our findings confirm that the establishment of academic relationships is derived, in part, from a wide range of proximity dimensions of a social, personal, geographical, cultural and academic nature. Furthermore, and unlike previous studies, this research also empirically confirms that the specific stage in which the student is at the university determines the influence of these proximity factors on the dynamics of academic relationships. In this regard, beyond cultural and geographic proximities that only influence the first years at the university, students shape their relationships as they progress in their studies from similarities in more strategic aspects such as academic and personal closeness. These results may have significant implications for both academic research and university policies. (As Provided).
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