Determinants of academic adaptation and quality of life of university students in the Brazilian Amazon region

George Oliveira Silva ^1* Priscilla Rodrigues Caminha Carneiro ² Natália Del' Angelo Aredes ¹ Ladislau Ribeiro do Nascimento ³

• ¹ Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil
• ² Universidade do Estado do Pará, Belem, Para, Brazil
• ³ Federal University of Tocantins, Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil

The aim of this study was to identify the determinants of academic adaptation and quality of life in university students. Through a cross-sectional design, 90 university students participated in the research, responding to a questionnaire focused on sociodemographic, academic, and health-related variables. The Academic Life-Experiences Questionnaire and the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey were used to evaluate academic adaptation, and quality of life, respectively. Multiple linear regressions were performed to identify positive and negative predictors of these outcomes. The results showed that high scores in the physical and mental components of quality of life, living in the same city as the university, and receiving some types of scholarship were positive predictors of academic adaptation, while not performing physical activities was a negative predictor. The positive predictors of physical component were income more than 2 minimum wages, had no comorbidities, students of black color/race, while the negative predictors were had as stressful factors the teaching method, evaluation method, and experiences during internship. The mental component had only positive predictors, such as having no intention of dropping out and having no minor mental disorders.Academic adaptation was positively correlated to physical and mental components of quality of life. The findings of this study showed that university students' academic trajectory have diverse influence factors related to sociodemographic, academic, and health-related determinants.