ERIC Number: EJ1047354
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-1542-3077
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Trailblazing: Exploring First-Generation College Students' Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Academic Adjustment
Elliott, Diane Cárdenas
Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, v26 n2 p29-49 2014
This study explored the relationship between academic self-efficacy beliefs and the academic adjustment of first-generation and non-first-generation students. Findings supported the presence of a differential relationship that was generally weaker for first-generation students. However, findings also suggested first-generation students experienced incongruence between perceptions and college performance. Understanding the role first-generation students' self-efficacy beliefs play in their adjustment to college may help counselors, administrators, and faculty develop interventions that ease the transition to college and improve educational outcomes of this at-risk population.
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement, First Generation College Students, Student Adjustment, Correlation, Student Attitudes, Outcomes of Education, Private Colleges, Student Surveys, Measures (Individuals), Demography, Student Characteristics, Comparative Analysis, Grade Point Average, Regression (Statistics), Surveys
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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