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ERIC Number: EJ1383304
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Aug
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0033-3085
EISSN: EISSN-1520-6807
Students' Satisfaction with Their Academic Majors and Study Commitment: The Mediating Role of Academic Psychological Capital
Elom, Chinyere O.; Okolie, Ugochukwu C.; Abonyi, Sunday O.; Ekeh, David O.; Umoke, Chukwudum C.
Psychology in the Schools, v60 n8 p2919-2931 Aug 2023
This study examines the effect of students' satisfaction with their academic majors (major satisfaction henceforth with) on their study commitment. Also, it examines the mediating role of academic psychological capital dimensions in the major satisfaction and study commitment nexus. Data were collected from 726 fourth-year business undergraduate students, and a path analysis was employed to test the proposed hypotheses. The findings showed that students' major satisfaction had a positive significant association with the four components of academic psychological capital namely; self-efficacy, optimism, resilience and hope, and study commitment. Also, each component of the academic psychological capital positively mediated the effect of students' major satisfaction on study commitment. The findings present important contributions to students' major satisfaction in the higher education context and promote the need to manage students' academic psychological capital to enhance their study commitment.
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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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