Predicting Voluntary Freshman Year Persistence/Withdrawal Behavior in a Residential University: A Path Analytic Validation of Tinto's Model.

Pascarella, Ernest T.; Terenzini, Patrick T.

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ERIC Number: EJ280308

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Publication Date: 1983-Apr

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Predicting Voluntary Freshman Year Persistence/Withdrawal Behavior in a Residential University: A Path Analytic Validation of Tinto's Model.

Pascarella, Ernest T.; Terenzini, Patrick T.

Journal of Educational Psychology, v75 n2 p215-26 Apr 1983

Path analysis was used to provide a comprehensive test of the validity of Tinto's causal model of voluntary withdrawal from a postsecondary institution. This study also tests Tinto's hypothesis of compensatory interactions between social and academic integration and between institutional and goal commitment. (Author/PN)

Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Goal Orientation, Higher Education, Longitudinal Studies, Mathematical Models, Path Analysis, Predictor Variables, Residential Colleges, Student Behavior, Student Characteristics, Validity, Withdrawal (Education)

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Language: English

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