ERIC Number: EJ1222299
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 42
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ISSN: ISSN-1559-0151
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Honors Student Thriving: A Model of Academic, Psychological, and Social Wellbeing
Cuevas, Amanda; Schreiner, Laurie A.; Kim, Young; Bloom, Jennifer
Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, v18 n2 p79-119 Fall-Win 2017
Thriving--defined as academic, psychological, and interpersonal wellbeing and engagement (Schreiner, "Thriving: Expanding")--is a recent concept that expands the traditional approach of measuring college student success, which has historically been measured by such cognitive measures as GPA. The main purpose of the present study was to develop a pictorial model of honors student thriving by investigating the pathways that predict a psychological sense of community, campus involvement, spirituality, student-faculty interaction, living on campus, certainty about a major, degree goals, and first choice of institution. This study further aimed to better understand honors students' levels of academic determination, engaged learning, positive perspective, diverse citizenship, and social connectedness. Better understanding how honors students thrive can enable honors administrators, faculty, and staff to engage students in more productive and meaningful ways.
Descriptors: Student Welfare, Honors Curriculum, Mental Health, Academic Achievement, Interpersonal Relationship, Sense of Community, Student College Relationship, Religious Factors, Teacher Student Relationship, On Campus Students, Majors (Students), Student Educational Objectives, Positive Attitudes, Psychological Characteristics, Student Participation, Undergraduate Students, Citizenship
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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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