Factors Influencing Higher Vocational College Students' Participation in Extracurricular Activities on Their Computer Academic Performance: A Social Cognitive Perspective

In the current era of rapid technological development, computer skills have become essential competencies in vocational education. The impact of extracurricular activities on students' academic performance in computer science has attracted considerable attention. This study used full-time junior college students participating in extracurricular activities at Quanzhou College of Technology as its sample. Based on the Social Cognitive Theory, the questionnaire survey method was used to collect data, and methods such as descriptive statistics, independent-sample t-tests, one - way ANOVA, and multiple linear regression analysis were employed to deeply explore the impacts of demographic variables, psychological factors, and environmental factors on students' computer academic performance. The research found that gender had no significant impact on students' computer academic performance