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Kural, Ayse I.; Özyurt, Berrin – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2023
Research has demonstrated consistently that personality and perceived stress, independently, are essential factors for university adjustment among university freshmen; however, little is known about the associations between personality, perceived stress, and adjustment together. Our primary goal was to explore the predictive utility of perceived…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Personality Traits, Stress Variables, Predictor Variables
Ampaw, Frim; Drevon, Jennifer; Rossman, Dani; Rutt Williams, Sarah; Evans, Zachary – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2023
This study quantitatively examines how students' cocurricular involvement in their first year of college relates to their pre-college attributes and perceptions of the role of cocurricular involvement on employability. We situate this study in Astin's (1984) theory of student involvement, Ajzen and Fishbein's (1980) theory of reasoned action, and…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, College Freshmen, Extracurricular Activities, Participation
Jeffrey T. Steedle; Jason D. Way – Educational Assessment, 2024
Despite lack of standardization, high school grade-point average (HSGPA) is frequently the best single predictor of first-year postsecondary GPA (FYGPA). This study evaluated the extent to which HSGPA reflected standardized test scores, social-emotional learning (SEL) competencies, demographics, and high-school characteristics. Dominance analysis…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade Point Average, Predictor Variables, College Freshmen
Zhan, Chanel; Heatherington, Laurie; Klingenberg, Bernhard – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: During the college transition, vulnerability to disordered eating and exercise behaviors and cognitions may increase. We studied how behaviors and cognitions change differentially over time, in the context of gender, athletic participation, and contingencies of self-worth. Participants: 229 diverse, first-year students at a competitive…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Behavior Change, College Freshmen, Exercise
Gil, Paulo Diniz; da Cruz Martins, Susana; Moro, Sérgio; Costa, Joana Martinho – Education and Information Technologies, 2021
This study presents a data mining approach to predict academic success of the first-year students. A dataset of 10 academic years for first-year bachelor's degrees from a Portuguese Higher Institution (N = 9652) has been analysed. Features' selection resulted in a characterising set of 68 features, encompassing socio-demographic, social origin,…
Descriptors: Data Use, Decision Making, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement
Faust, Luke E.; Rosendale, Joseph A. – Review of Education, 2023
This mixed methods study examined the impact of grit and self-efficacy and the factors of these constructs on the performance of at-risk, developmental placement students, surveying 184 first-year students before the midterm point of their first semester. Following the quantitative portion, six upperclassmen, who had started their careers in the…
Descriptors: Persistence, Resilience (Psychology), Self Efficacy, At Risk Students
Chadwick W. McKay – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This study examined the factors that statistically predict student's degree attainment within agricultural education as a course of study. The study is based on a population of first year agriculture students (n = 616) at a private four-year college in Southwestern Ohio. The study is correlational design, which employed cross-sectional archival…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Graduation, Educational Attainment, Student Characteristics
Willoughby, Teena; Dykstra, Victoria W.; Heffer, Taylor; Braccio, Joelle; Shahid, Hamnah – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2023
Despite the importance of obtaining a university degree, retention rates remain a concern for many universities. This longitudinal study provides a multi-domain examination of first-year student characteristics and behaviors that best predict which students graduate. Graduation status was assessed seven years after students entered university.…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Prediction, Graduation, Dropouts
Belal Jamil; Jinni Su – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to greater depression and anxiety among college students. Social support may alleviate this risk. We examined how social support from family, friends, and romantic partners may influence internalizing psychopathology outcomes associated with COVID-19-related stressful events. Participants: Participants were…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Stress Variables, Depression (Psychology)
Nicholas Urquhart; Juliann Sergi McBrayer; Cordelia Zinskie; Richard Cleveland – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This research examine participation in a dual enrollment program and a student's race and socioeconomic status. In addition to examining the college retention and graduation rates (student success) of dual and non-dual enrolled students, this study looked at potential race and socioeconomic disparities. Design/methodology/approach: A…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Academic Persistence, Race, Socioeconomic Status
Paschal, Jaimi; Taggart, Amanda – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2021
This study examined the influence of mathematics course-taking on Latina/o science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) major persistence utilizing data from first-year STEM majors at a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). Findings indicated that students who passed a first-term college-level mathematics course had significantly greater…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Mathematics Education, STEM Education, School Holding Power
Servaty-Seib, Heather L.; Williams, Parrish; Liew, Chye Hong – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: The aim was to determine the unique predictors of suicide risk in first-year college students. Participants: First-year students (N = 665) at a Midwestern university participated. Methods: An online survey assessed Joiner's interpersonal factors (i.e., thwarted belongingness, perceived burdensomeness, and acquired capability) as well as…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Suicide, At Risk Persons, College Freshmen
Jonah Njenga – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The United States must tap into its growing minority population in STEM fields to maintain global competitiveness. Despite increased diversity in STEM work-related fields within the United States, African American (AA) students are still underrepresented in STEM majors, resulting in low community participation in STEM careers compared to their…
Descriptors: College Students, STEM Education, Majors (Students), Black Colleges
De Clercq, Mikaël; Galand, Benoit; Hospel, Virginie; Frenay, Mariane – Frontline Learning Research, 2021
The transition to higher education has been extensively documented in the literature. In this line, many individual variables were identified as strong predictors of academic achievement. Yet, this literature suffers from one main limitation; contextual factors have often been left out of the investigation. The majority of studies have tested the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Academic Achievement, Context Effect, Predictor Variables
Kamer, Jacob A.; Ishitani, Terry T. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2021
This study examined the longitudinal persistence behavior of first-time, nontraditionally aged students at four-year institutions by leveraging the 2004 to 2009 Beginning Postsecondary Student data set. A human capital theory framework was employed to assess how student background characteristics, enrollment characteristics, and financial factors…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Nontraditional Students, School Holding Power, College Students