Impact of Peer Relationship on Academic Performance of University Students

Abstract

Peer support interventions have been widely used within the higher education sector as a means to enhance student success and retention. However, much of the evidence to measure the impact of mentoring and coaching has relied on anecdotal and self-reported evidence from the participants. This study was conducted to investigate the impact of peer relationship among university level students. Objectives of current study were to find out the impact of peer relationship on academic performance of university level students and find out the impact of peer relationship on academic performance with respect to demographic variables. The study was descriptive in nature. Survey method was adopted to conduct this study. The population was consisted of 947 students from two Universities of AJ&K. The researchers selected 450 students as sample. Simple random sampling technique was used to collect data from respondents. Questionnaire was used as data collection tool. A close ended questionnaire was developed on five-point Likert scale. The questionnaire was distributed among all students in both universities. After collecting the data, it was analyzed by using statistical techniques. Simple linear regression and Pearson correlation was used to check the impact of independent variable on dependent variable. On the basis of findings, it was concluded that there is significant positive relationship between peer relationship and academic performance of students. It is recommended that teachers should motivate the students to develop positive relationship among students.