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Publication Date: 2011-Jan
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Social Cognitive Predictors of Mexican American College Students' Academic and Life Satisfaction
Ojeda, Lizette; Flores, Lisa Y.; Navarro, Rachel L.
Journal of Counseling Psychology, v58 n1 p61-71 Jan 2011
In this study, we used Lent's (2004) social cognitive model of well being to examine the academic and life satisfaction of 457 Mexican American college students attending a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Using structural equation modeling, results indicated that the model provided a good fit to the data. Specifically, we found positive relations from positive affect to enculturation, acculturation, college self-efficacy, academic satisfaction, and life satisfaction; from enculturation to college self-efficacy; from acculturation to college self-efficacy and college outcome expectations; from college self-efficacy to college outcome expectations, academic goal progress, academic satisfaction, and life satisfaction; from college outcome expectations to academic satisfaction; from academic goal progress to academic and life satisfaction; and from academic satisfaction to life satisfaction. Findings indicated the model was invariant across gender groups, and overall, 38% and 14% of the variance in academic satisfaction and life satisfaction, respectively, were explained by the predictor variables. Implications for research and practice are discussed. (Contains 2 figures and 3 tables.)
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Life Satisfaction, Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy, Mexican Americans, Well Being, Acculturation, Predictor Variables, Hispanic Americans, Social Cognition, Hispanic American Students, Hypothesis Testing
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans
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