Intervention Effects on College Performance and Retention as Mediated by Motivational, Emotional, and Social Control Factors: Integrated Meta-Analytic Path Analyses

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1163-1184

  Robbins, Steven B ^a   Oh, In Sue ^b   Le, Huy ^c   Button, Christopher ^d  

^a American College Testing Incorporated   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

academic performance; academic retention; college outcomes; interventions; psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 69949169728     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015738     Document Type: Article

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