Optimism and College Retention: Mediation by Motivation, Performance, and Adjustment

By Lise Solberg Nes, Daniel R. Evans, S. Segerstrom. 2009

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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Student dropout at university: a phase-orientated view on quitting studies and changing majors (2021, background): “21, 48149 Münster, Germany Student dropout from university is a major issue in higher education in many countries— international studies have revealed student dropout rates as high as 25 to 45% of first-year students never graduating (Heublein, 2014; Heublein & Wolter, 2011; OECD, 2017; Solberg Nes ”
Beyond conscientiousness: Career optimism and satisfaction with academic major (2013, background): “In their study that differentiated between dispositional optimism and academic optimism (i.e., belief in chance of good grades), Solberg Nes et al. (2009) found that dispositional optimism and academic optimism were associated with enhanced student retention, however, their effects were mediated by…”
The Role of Psychological Capital in Academic Adjustment Among University Students (2017, background): “Western society emphasizes academic achievement and excellence as the cornerstones of satisfactory social and vocational integration (Solberg-Nes et al. 2009).”
Predicting Educational Outcomes and Psychological Well-Being in Adolescents Using Time Attitude Profiles. (2014, result): “, Nurmi, 1991; Seginer, 2008). In 1999, introducing the ZTPI, Zimbardo and Boyd made several claims that are particularly relevant to this study. These researchers criticized other instruments in the extant literature as literally one-dimensional and pointed out that none accounted for attitudes tow”