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Predicting Voluntary Freshman Year Persistence/Withdrawal Behavior in a Residential University: A Path Analytic Validation of Tinto's Model.
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Pascarella, Ernest T.; Terenzini, Patrick T. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1983
Path analysis was used to provide a comprehensive test of the validity of Tinto's causal model of voluntary withdrawal from a postsecondary institution. This study also tests Tinto's hypothesis of compensatory interactions between social and academic integration and between institutional and goal commitment. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Goal Orientation, Higher Education, Longitudinal Studies