The interest-major congruence and college success relation: A longitudinal study

By T. Tracey, S. Robbins. 2006

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Subfields: Education, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Management Science and Operations Research

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Beyond conscientiousness: Career optimism and satisfaction with academic major (2013, background): “The congruence between vocational interests and choice of academic major is a reliable predictor of academic performance, more so than academic abilities (Tracey & Robbins, 2006).”
Prediction of College Major Persistence Based on Vocational Interests, Academic Preparation, and First-Year Academic Performance (2008, background): “Tracey and Robbins (2006) examined the interest-major congruence and college success relationship using longitudinal data from a large sample of students and postsecondary institutions.”
Aptitude and Personality Traits in Retention of Engineering Students (2015, unknown): “…organizing; association with higher-order thinking, including executive functioning, task- and goal-directed behaviors; delaying gratification; perseverance; self-discipline; and achievement orientation (DeYoung et al., 2007; McAbee & Oswald, 2013; Noftle &Robbins, 2007; Tracey & Robbins, 2006).”
Personality and creativity in realistic, investigative, artistic, social, and enterprising college majors (2013, methodology): “In case of any ambiguity, we relied on the National Center for Educational Statistics Classification of Instructional Program, as described by Tracey and Robbins (2006).”
Factors Influencing College Persistence for First-Time Students. (2015, background): “Tracey and Robbins (2006) examined the relationship between ACT composite scores and persistence by analyzing first-time freshmen enrollment data from 87 colleges and universities from four states for students enrolled between 1994 and 2003.”
Increased Career Self-Efficacy Predicts College Students’ Motivation, and Course and Major Satisfaction (2014, background): “…satisfaction and overall performance variables such as grade point average and retention (Aitken, 1982; Allen & Robbins, 2010; Bean & Bradley, 1986; Tracey & Robbins, 2006), future researchers could examine the relationship between major satisfaction and students’ success in graduate school or…”