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Dolan, Amanda Avery – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Institutions have invested considerably in resources and staff to increase student success and persistence. However, retention rates have remained fairly steady over time. The purpose of this study was to synthesize undergraduate student persistence models into a singular parsimonious model using meta-analytic structural equation modeling to test…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Academic Persistence, Models, Student Adjustment
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Murayama, Kou; Elliot, Andrew J. – Psychological Bulletin, 2012
What is the relation between competition and performance? The present research addresses this important multidisciplinary question by conducting a meta-analysis of existing empirical work and by proposing a new conceptual model--the opposing processes model of competition and performance. This model was tested by conducting an additional…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Meta Analysis, Achievement Need, Competition