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Lee, Sang Min; Daniels, M. Harry; Puig, Ana; Newgent, Rebecca A.; Nam, Suk Kyung – Professional School Counseling, 2008
The National Educational Longitudinal Study database was used to examine the educational development of students of low socioeconomic status (SES). A path analysis was conducted to determine the effects of student background, psychological, and behavioral variables on postsecondary educational attainment of low-SES students. The results show that…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Locus of Control, Student Behavior, Educational Attainment
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Hughes, Stella P.; Dodder, Richard A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1983
Self-administered questionnaires were collected from 534 college students and analyzed by path analysis, which explained up to 47 percent of the variation in certain kinds of problem drinking. The strongest single predictor of problem drinking was found to be quantity and frequency of consumption, but precollege drinking was also important.…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Behavior Problems, College Students, Drinking