Students' intentions and social support as predictors of self-reported academic behaviors: A comparison of first- and continuing-generation college students

Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-206

  Purswell, Katherine ^b   Yazedjian, Ani ^a   Toews, Michelle L ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas State University ^*

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EID: 54449092949     PISSN: 15210251     EISSN: 15414167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/CS.10.2.e     Document Type: Article

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