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Peer Relationships and the Growth of College Students: Roles of Subjective Well-being and Personality Traits

Authors
Kexin Nie1, *
1Department of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
*Corresponding author. Email: niekx95@gmail.com
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Kexin Nie
Available Online 28 March 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-382-5_30How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Peer relationship; academic performance; subjective well-being; personality trait; college students
Abstract

The quality of peer relationships has a profound impact on various aspects of an individual’s mental processes and behaviours. Poor peer relationships can lead to difficulties in self and social interaction and increase the risk of significant mental and psychological pressures. The current study examined the association between peer relationships and student academic performance among college students and explored the mediating role of subjective well-being and the moderating role of personality traits in that relationship. A questionnaire was given to 354 college students, and the findings revealed that peer relationships significantly and favourably predicted academic performance; positive emotions partially mediated the effect of peer relationships on college student performance; neuroticism moderated the relationship between peer relationships and student GPA results. The findings of this study serve as a solid foundation for a further in-depth investigation into the connection between peer relationships and student academic achievement.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Social Sciences and Educational Development (ICOSSED 2024)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
28 March 2025
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978-2-38476-382-5
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-382-5_30How to use a DOI?
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© 2025 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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