GROUP 7Chua Liang Hong Allen Cha Ming Han

Tai May Leng Najwa Mohamad

Engku Sharmila Asyraf Ramli

Leong Shih Kei Kim Jit Han

Siti Sarah Fariha Firdaus

Asheila Sin Kok Pei

Under the Supervision of: Mr. KHAIRUL HAZDI BIN YUSOF

The study of relationshipbetween

Adversity Quotient (AQ)And

Academic Performance (GPA) among year 1 to year 3

Biomedical Sciences undergraduates.

INTRODUCTIONAdversity Quotient (AQ), is the

science of human resilience.

Resilience is the ability to adapt

well to stress, adversity, trauma

or tragedy. (Dr. Stoltz, 2000)

RESEARCH QUESTION Is there any relationship

betweenAdversity Quotient (AQ)

andAcademic Performance (GPA)

among year 1 to year 3Biomedical Science

undergraduates?

There is a significant relationshipbetween

Adversity Quotient (AQ)and

Academic Performance (GPA) among year 1 to year 3 Biomedical Science

undergraduates.

HYPOTHESIS

To studythe relationship between Adversity Quotient (AQ)

andAcademic Performance (GPA)

of the Biomedical Sciences undergraduates.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

1) To determine the profile of the undergraduates with regards of GENDER and YEAR OF STUDY.

2) To determine the ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (GPA) of the undergraduates according to year of study.

3) To determine the ADVERSITY QUOTIENT (AQ) of the undergraduates according to year of study.

4) To compare ADVERSITY QUOTIENT (AQ) between the MALE AND FEMALE undergraduates.

5) To compare ADVERSITY QUOTIENT (AQ) between each YEAR OF STUDY of the undergraduates.

6) To determine the RELATIONSHIP between the ADVERSITY QUOTIENT (AQ) and the ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (GPA) in each YEAR OF STUDY of the undergraduates.

7) To determine the RELATIONSHIP between the ADVERSITY QUOTIENT (AQ) and the ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (GPA) of the undergraduates.

TARGET POPULATION :Biomedical science undergraduates of UKM KL campus, 2010/2011 Academic session.

STUDY POPULATION :1ST, 2ND, & 3RD year Biomedical science undergraduates of UKM KL campus, 2010/2011 Academic session.

METHODOLOGYSTUDY DESIGN : Cross-sectional Study

SAMPLING METHOD : Stratified sampling method

SAMPLING FRAME :The list of the 1ST, 2ND, & 3RD year Biomedical science undergraduates.

SAMPLE UNIT : 1ST, 2ND, & 3RD year Biomedical science undergraduates.

Χ2 NP (1-P)∆2 (N-1) + Χ2P (1-P)

SAMPLE SIZE : In this study, the sample size is 159 respondents.

Where : d.f. = 1, α = 0.05, Χ2 = 3.84 Degree of accuracy, ∆ = 0.05 Population proportion, P = 0.5 (assumed value) N = Population size

* Sampling Error used in this study is 10%.

Sample Size, n =

According to Krejcie R.V. & Morgan D.W. (1970) :

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKBiomedical

science undergraduates

ADVERSITY QUOTIENT• Control• Origin & Ownership• Reach• Endurance

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (GPA)

YEAR OF STUDYGENDER

?

1. Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3 undergraduates that study Biomedical Science in the 2010/2011 academic session.2. Undergraduates that had sat for all subjects in the final examination in the 2010/2011 academic session.3. Undergraduates that had received results for final examination in the 2010/2011 academic session.

INCLUSION CRITERIA

EXCLUSION CRITERIA1. Undergraduates that are absent for the final

examination during the 2010/2011 academic session.

First Year Second Year Third Year0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

4.4 4.4

10.1

25.828.9

26.4

MaleFemale

Year of Study

Perc

enta

ge (%

)Bar Chart: Percentage of the Undergraduates’

Gender in each Year of Study

Bar Chart: Percentage of the Undergraduates’ Academic Performance in each Year of Study

First Year Second Year Third Year0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

1.9 2.5

18.9

28.330.8

17.6ExcellentGood

Year of Study

Perc

enta

ge (%

)

Bar Chart: Percentage of the Undergraduates’ Adversity Quotient in each Year of Study

First Year Second Year Third Year0

5

10

15

20

25

30

8.24.4

10.1

20.1

25.8 24.5

1.9 3.11.30.0 0.0 0.6

Above AverageAverageBelow AverageLow

Year of Study

Perc

enta

ge (%

)

Mann-Whitney test:To compare the Adversity Quotient between gender.

p value = 0.149 (p > 0.05)

Male Female72

74

76

78

80

82

84

86

88

90 88.73

77.97Mea

n

Kruskal-Wallis test:To compare the Adversity Quotient between each

year of study.

First Year Second Year Third Year 65

70

75

80

85

90

76.27

88.48

75.34

Mea

n

p value = 0.120 (p > 0.05)

Spearman test:To determine the relationship between Adversity Quotient

and academic performance of year 1 undergraduates.

r value -0.207p value 0.158

Spearman test:To determine the relationship between Adversity Quotient

and academic performance of year 2 undergraduates.

r value -0.015p value 0.914

r value -0.017 p value 0.901

Spearman test:To determine the relationship between Adversity Quotient

and academic performance of year 3 undergraduates.

Spearman test:To determine the relationship between Adversity Quotient

and academic performance of the undergraduates.

r value 0.001p value 0.991

CONCLUSIONS1) There is no significant difference between

AQ and gender.2) There is no significant difference between

AQ and the year of study.3) There is no significant relationship between

AQ and academic performance (GPA) in each year of study.

4) There is no significant relationship between AQ and academic performance (GPA).

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKBiomedical

science undergraduates

ADVERSITY QUOTIENT• Control• Origin & Ownership• Reach• Endurance

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (GPA)

YEAR OF STUDYGENDER

X

XX

RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Similar study on AQ according to their

course and ethnic group.

2. Comparative study between undergraduates

from public and private university.