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ERIC Number: EJ1323965
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 30
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-2332-8584
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Examining the Relationship between Psychosocial and Academic Outcomes in Higher Education: A Descriptive Analysis
Swanson, Elise; Melguizo, Tatiana; Martorell, Paco
AERA Open, v7 n1 Jan-Dec 2021
This article estimates the relationship between students' psychosocial and academic outcomes during their first 3 years enrolled at public, 4-year institutions. Our sample comprises students from low-income backgrounds who applied for a competitive scholarship and enrolled at a 4-year public institution. We follow two cohorts of entering students throughout their first 3 years on campus. We observe their cumulative grade point average and persistence decisions each semester, and have annual measures of four psychosocial outcomes: mattering to campus, sense of belonging to campus, academic self-efficacy, and social self-efficacy. We find that psychosocial outcomes are moderately predictive of academic outcomes, with sense of belonging and academic self-efficacy emerging as most predictive of both cumulative grade point average and persistence.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Nebraska
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