This study examined the factors related to student persistence in online education programs. Using a model of persistence, we conducted five confirmatory factor analytic models to evaluate scales that measured the factors of interest: locus of control, self-efficacy, task value, satisfaction, and persistence. We also conducted and compared two…

Scholars have adapted college student identity development models to examine and highlight the unique, laborious, and varied experiences of marginalized populations. However, researchers have minimally explored the perspectives of nontheistic and nonreligious college students using poststructural methodologies. I followed a post-intentional…

In this longitudinal qualitative study I explored the development of self-authorship among 21 student affairs master's candidates at 2 institutions. The findings suggest that growth, regression, and stasis in newcomers' developmental capacities for self-authorship occurred as they matriculated, and that these developmental trajectories reflected…

In recent years, scholars have focused intently on improving success rates for men of color (notably Black, Latino, Native American, and Southeast Asian men) in community colleges. To address outcome disparities, many colleges have sought to employ targeted interventions (e.g., programs, policies, and practices); however, many of these efforts are…

Student affairs professionals seek innovative methods to enhance academic achievement for students. A recent study highlighted the need to bridge student development work with course curricula (Kilpatrick, Stant, Downes, & Gaither, 2008). This study also linked the importance of nonacademic cognitive variables, such as locus of control, to…

Locus of control (LOC) is a dimensional construct representing the degree to which individuals perceive reinforcing events in their lives to be the result of their own actions (an "internal" LOC) or fate (an "external" LOC). LOC is meaningfully related to several variables associated with academic achievement. Specifically, high scoring students…

Investigated the impact of freshman orientation and locus of control on college adjustment in college freshmen (N=315). Found orientation had no effect; students characterized by internal locus of control were significantly better adjusted than were their external counterparts. (Author/ABL)

Investigates the joint effects of locus of control and test format on test anxiety with college students (N=86). Examines the relationship between students' attitudes toward test format and test anxiety. Results show no differential effect of locus of control on test anxiety across test format; students were more anxious about essay tests than…

Examined women's perceived life roles relative to locus of control among 71 female undergraduates from traditional and nontraditional academic majors. Found differences in perceived life roles of women pursuing nontraditional and traditional academic majors relative to locus of control. (Author/NB)

Examined college students' summer employment aspirations, expectations, and information preferences among 115 college students. Found aspirations, expectations, and information preferences to be correlated with students' perception of control over life events. These findings have implications for counseling professionals. (Author/NB)

Investigated the effects of demographic variables and locus of control on college choice. Additional factors were examined using the College Choice Influence Scale (CCIS). Locus of control, socioeconomic status, and declared major were shown to influence college choice. Implications are discussed for directing recruitment activity. (LLL)

A survey of 305 traditional-aged first-year college students, who were employed in occupations congruent with their career interests, were more likely than other students to believe that career decision making was a process over which they had personal control. Discusses implications of findings for student affairs professionals. (Author/RJM)

Compared value of several theoretically derived personal (age and gender), educational (class standing and academic performance), and psychological (locus of control and vocational congruence) factors as predictors of undergraduates' (n=337) career maturity. Vocational congruence and academic performance emerged as two most significant predictors.…

Examined relationship between academic comfort and occupational orientation, and between academic comfort and persistence for 68 ethnically diverse students. Results from 41 African-American, 12 Hispanic, and 12 white students showed significant relationships between comfort and occupational orientation and introversion-extroversion. Three-year…

Explored differences between high- and low-achieving freshmen women on cognitive and psychological variables. Results support hypotheses that high achievers would have a more internal locus of control, be more cognitively complex, possess a higher academic self-concept, and report more confidence in their ability and effort than would students in…