“…Difficulties that arise in the process of adapting to higher education may be related to the academic experiences of students still in High School (Cole, Kennedy, & Ben-Avie, 2009) and their psychosocial maturity (Araújo et al, 2016a;Tomás, Ferreira, Araújo, & Almeida, 2014). Considering the demands and challenges of the HEIs context, it is necessary to mobilize various personal, academic, emotional and social resources, including factors such as the perception of social support, approaches to study, self-efficacy believes and strategies for coping, for permanence and success in Higher Education (Araújo et al, 2016b;Cabras, & Mondo, 2017;Nicholson, Putwain, Connors, & Hornby-Atkinson, 2013;Rodríguez, Tinajero, & Páramo, 2017;Valadas, Almeida , & Araújo, 2016). Indeed, success in Higher Education, defined in terms of academic performance, satisfaction, personal development, involvement and adaptation, is a complex and multidetermined phenomenon (Araújo, 2017).…”