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Direct linkBowman, Nicholas A.; Felix, Vivienne – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2017
Despite considerable research on student retention and persistence, college graduation rates remain modest. This article proposes the concept of student identity centrality, which is defined as the extent to which being a student is important to one's self-image or identity. This study found student identity centrality was positively related to…
Descriptors: Success, College Students, School Holding Power, Academic Persistence
Crede, Marcus; Niehorster, Sarah – Educational Psychology Review, 2012
This paper presents a meta-analytic review (k = 237, N = 44,668) of the adjustment to college literature. The review, based on studies using the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire, is organized around three primary themes: (1) the structure of students' adjustment to college, (2) the relationship of adjustment to college constructs with…
Descriptors: College Students, Measures (Individuals), Student Adjustment, Meta Analysis
Melendez, Mickey C.; Melendez, Nancy Blanco – Journal of College Student Development, 2010
Although race and parental attachment are concepts that have been widely researched, few studies have explored how these variables manifest themselves among women or influence their adjustment to college. This study examined how parental attachment effected college adjustment among White, Black, and Latina/Hispanic women attending an urban…
Descriptors: Commuter Colleges, Attachment Behavior, Parent Child Relationship, Whites
Peer reviewedKrotseng, Marsha V. – Research in Higher Education, 1992
Using discriminant analysis, a study examined (1) the extent to which the new Student Adjustment to College Questionnaire (SACQ) accurately predicts student departure for a private, comprehensive university (n=1,978 students); (2) SACQ items distinguishing nonpersisters; (3) use with an incoming class; and (4) evidence linking the SACQ with…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Administration, College Students, Higher Education
Download full textKaase, Kristopher J. – 1994
This study tested the ability of the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ) to predict attrition for first-time, full-time freshmen at a predominantly white, medium-sized, liberal arts, denominational college in the southeast. A random sample of 100 students were surveyed of which 84 returned usable questionnaires (57 females, 27 male,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, College Students, Higher Education
