Abstract
In this research, the contents of the social success representation among first-year students (Study 1: n=921), the structuring of this representation and the impact of interindividual variabilities on the structuring of this representation (Study 2: n=2022) were examined. The research was conducted within the theoretical framework of the structural approach to social representations and according to the methodologies derived from this theoretical framework. At the level of the content of the representation, the results show the presence of the five themes traditionally encountered in previous research on conceptions of success (personal, social, professional, academic and material dimensions). In terms of the structuring of the representation, the results show that the personal, social and professional dimensions are central, while the academic and material dimensions are peripheral. Finally, a last study suggests that inter-individual variabilities (e.g. gender, social background, etc...) only impact the periphery of the representation of social success.