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Examining the Effects of Stress and Campus Climate on the Persistence of Students of Color and White Students: An Application of Bean and Eaton's Psychological Model of Retention
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Johnson, Dawn R.; Wasserman, Timothy H.; Yildirim, Nilay; Yonai, Barbara A. – Research in Higher Education, 2014
The current study examined the effects of stress and campus climate perceptions on the persistence decisions of students of color and White students using Bean and Eaton's (2000) Psychological Model of College Student Retention. A sample of first-year students (N = 1,491) at a predominantly White research university were survey enduring their…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, College Environment, Minority Group Students, White Students
An Examination of the Relationship among Academic Stress, Coping, Motivation, and Performance in College.
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Struthers, C. Ward; Perry, Raymond P.; Menec, Verena H. – Research in Higher Education, 2000
This study with 203 college students used structural equation analysis and found that the relationship between students' academic stress and course grades was influenced by problem-focused coping and motivation, but not by emotion-focused coping. Greater academic stress covaried with lower course grades. (DB)
Descriptors: Coping, Higher Education, Personality Traits, Problem Solving
University Faculty and Administrator Responses to Job Strains.
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Blackburn, Robert T.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1986
The relationships between job strain and several quality of life (QOL) indicators for a group of university faculty and administrators were studied. The QOL indicators were job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and health. Intervention strategies are discussed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, College Faculty, Health
The Academic Dean: An Imperiled Species Searching for Balance.
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Gmelch, Walter H.; Wolverton, Mimi; Wolverton, Marvin L.; Sarros, James C. – Research in Higher Education, 1999
Discusses the role of the academic dean and its conflicting pressures of administration and scholarship. Reports on the first phase of a study exploring the sources of stress experienced by 825 deans in both Australia and the United States. Analyzes findings in terms of a four-component managerial stress model and provides tables detailing deans'…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrator Role, College Administration, Cultural Differences
Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy, Perceived Stress, and an Integrated Model of Student Persistence: A Structural Model of Finances, Attitudes, Behavior, and Career Development.
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Sandler, Martin E. – Research in Higher Education, 2000
Examined the persistence of students (n=937), 24 years of age or older, studying in two- and four-year degree programs by combining data from a survey questionnaire and institutional records. The structural equation model of Cabrera et al. (1993) was adapted for this older population, with identification of three additional variables: career…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Students, Behavior Patterns, Career Choice