Ability and motivation: Assessing individual factors that contribute to university retention.

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The Big Five and tertiary academic performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (2014, background): “Alarcon and Edwards (2013) explored several predictors of retention, and Conscientiousness indeed turned 29 29 out as a significant positive predictor.”
Maximizing Gender Equality by Minimizing Course Choice Options? Effects of Obligatory Coursework in Math on Gender Differences in STEM (2017, background): “For instance, there is evidence that high school math achievement predicts career aspirations in STEM during high school (e.g., Ma & Johnson, 2008), field of study at university (e.g., Parker et al., 2012), and university retention (Alarcon & Edwards, 2013).”
Don't be so hard on yourself! Changes in self-compassion during the first year of university are associated with changes in well-being (2017, background): “It is important to understand how to mitigate the decline in wellbeing during the first year of university (Gall et al., 2000; Terry et al., 2013) given that lower well-being may be related to school dropout (Alarcon & Edwards, 2013).”