Involvement, Ability, Performance, and Satisfaction as Predictors of College Attrition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20285514 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jack E Edwards (Illinois Institute of Technology), Jack Edwards (Illinois Institute of Technology), L K Waters (Ohio University) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1149-1152 |
| Publication date | 1982-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational and Psychological Measurement (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1644 • E-ISSN: 1552-3888 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001316448204200421 |
| OpenAlex | W2028326235 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
Measures of academic job involvement, verbal ability, academic performance, and satisfaction with courses and with college in general, obtained for 155 students during the freshman year, were correlated with attrition on a two-year follow-up. The two significant predictors of attrition, grade point average during the fresh-man year and satisfaction with college in general, combined to yield a multiple correlation of .42 ( P
Academic achievement · Attrition · Job satisfaction · Mathematics education · Medical education · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Dentistry · Higher Education Research Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 1998 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |