Major Decisions: Motivations for Selecting a Major, Satisfaction, and Belonging

Autor/inn/en	Soria, Krista M.; Stebleton, Michael
Titel	Major Decisions: Motivations for Selecting a Major, Satisfaction, and Belonging
Quelle	In: NACADA Journal, 33 (2013) 2, S.29-43 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0271-9517
DOI	10.12930/NACADA-13-018
Schlagwörter	Majors (Students); Course Selection (Students); Motivation; Decision Making; Participant Satisfaction; Student Experience; Student Participation; Student Surveys; Academic Advising; Student Educational Objectives; Undergraduate Students; Mail Surveys; Predictor Variables; Regression (Statistics); Correlation; Research Universities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Course selection; Student; Students; Kurswahl; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Studienerfahrung; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Schülerbefragung; Akademischer Rat; Erhebungsinstrument; Prädiktor; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Korrelation; Forschungseinrichtung
Abstract	In this paper, we analyzed the relationship between students' motivations for choosing academic majors and their satisfaction and sense of belonging on campus. Based on a multi-institutional survey of students who attended large, public, research universities in 2009, the results suggest that external extrinsic motivations for selecting a major tend to be negatively associated with students' satisfaction and sense of belonging. Intrinsic motivations and internal extrinsic motivations tend to be positively related to students' satisfaction and sense of belonging. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10