Multi-ethnic Students' Adaptation to College as a Function of Motivation, Self-efficacy, Self-esteem, and Ethnic Identity
Abstract
The current study was designed to give a greater understanding into the variables correlated with successful adjustment to college ( as measured by the four subscales of the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire). Data was analyzed from 446 students from undergraduate psychology courses at the University of Central Florida. After partialing out potential covariates ( ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, social support, symptoms of depression, and anxiety), it was found that need for achievement and self-efficacy significantly correlated with academic adjustment; need for affiliation and need for achievement significantly correlated with social adjustment; need for achievement and self-esteem significantly correlated with personal/emotional adjustment; and need for affiliation, need for achievement, self-efficacy, and ethnic identity significantly correlated with attachment/institutional commitment.
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Thesis Completion
2006
Semester
Spring
Advisor
Negy, Charles
Degree
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Degree Program
Psychology
Subjects
Arts and Sciences -- Dissertations, Academic; Dissertations, Academic -- Arts and Sciences
Format
Identifier
DP0022117
Language
English
Access Status
Open Access
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Document Type
Honors in the Major Thesis
Recommended Citation
Walker, Steven, "Multi-ethnic Students' Adaptation to College as a Function of Motivation, Self-efficacy, Self-esteem, and Ethnic Identity" (2006). HIM 1990-2015. 565.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/honorstheses1990-2015/565