ERIC Number: EJ1048401
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1066-8926
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Psychological Factors in Community College Student Retention
Luke, Chad; Redekop, Frederick; Burgin, Chris
Community College Journal of Research and Practice, v39 n3 p222-234 2015
This study explored psychological factors in the context of a community college population purported to impact decisions to remain in college from one semester to another. Researchers examined results from 1191 responses from students attending a community college in the Mid-Atlantic United States. The study further explored the predictive power of four factors--career decision self-efficacy, career locus of control, education-employment connection, and intent to return--on both intent to return and on actual return to the college. Results indicated that intent to return was significantly predictive of actual return among this community college population. Additionally, age and gender differences, along with differences in the various psychological factors had differential impacts on each other, as well as on intent to return and subsequent return. Implications are discussed.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Self Efficacy, Locus of Control, Education Work Relationship, Student Surveys, Academic Persistence, Likert Scales, Age Differences, Ethnicity, Gender Differences, First Generation College Students, Hypothesis Testing, Intention, Questionnaires, Correlation, Personality, Psychological Characteristics, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Two Year Colleges; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Career Decision Making Self Efficacy Scale
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