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Autor/inn/en | Wittner, Britta; Powazny, Stefanie; Kauffeld, Simone |
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Titel | Supporting Rita: A Social Cognitive Approach to (First-Generation) Students' Retention |
Quelle | In: Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 23 (2022) 4, S.965-988 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Zusatzinformation | ORCID (Wittner, Britta) |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1521-0251 |
DOI | 10.1177/1521025119882358 |
Schlagwörter | First Generation College Students; Career Choice; Self Efficacy; Academic Persistence; Social Cognition; Foreign Countries; Social Support Groups; Social Networks; Goal Orientation; Dropouts; Student Attitudes; Self Concept Measures; Germany; Self Efficacy Scale |
Abstract | Students who are the first in their family to go to university (first-generation students [FGS]) are still underrepresented at universities. One of the considered reasons for this is their lack of social support. Our study followed a group of German students at two time points: after their first educational choice and at the end of their first semester. According to social cognitive career theory, we tested for the effect of self-efficacy beliefs on intention to drop out, mediated by confidence in vocational choice. Following a social network perspective, we analyzed the moderating effect of support network size and support network quality. The findings reveal a complete mediation and add to the empirical evidence on social cognitive career theory. They demonstrate the special importance of social support for FGS. High-quality support networks help FGS struggling with confidence in their vocational choice to follow their university goals instead of dropping out but have no effect for other students. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2024/1/01 |