Multiple Predictors of College Adjustment and Academic Performance for Undergraduates in Their First Semester
Description:
College success, as defined by adjustment to college and academic performance, is a multidetermined with a number of contributing influences, including academic factors, personality variables, family characteristics, and environmental factors. This study attempted to provide an organizing model of the college success literature that was based on previous research (e.g., Aspinwall & Taylor, 1994) and current stress-coping theory (Moos & Swindle, 1990). Structural equation modeling analyses indic…
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Date:
May 2001
Creator:
Stoever, Shawn