Psychological Mind-Set and Student Success: The Importance of Internal Locus of Control in Students Who Overachieve

Autor/inn/en	Micomonaco, Justin P.; Espinoza, Benjamin D.
Titel	Psychological Mind-Set and Student Success: The Importance of Internal Locus of Control in Students Who Overachieve
Quelle	In: Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 23 (2022) 4, S.1078-1098 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Micomonaco, Justin P.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1521-0251
DOI	10.1177/1521025119895981
Schlagwörter	Locus of Control; Academic Achievement; Academic Persistence; Overachievement; Undergraduate Students; Honors Curriculum; Study Skills; Academic Support Services; Teacher Student Relationship; Work Ethic; Self Efficacy; Predictor Variables; Research Universities; Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Studientechnik; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Arbeitsethos; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Prädiktor; Forschungseinrichtung
Abstract	Improving student success outcomes such as persistence and graduation rates remains a priority for higher education institutions, scholars, and advocates. Recent scholarly work argues for more qualitative work in this area to develop a deeper understanding of the issue and to identify more effective ways to increase college completion rates across all populations. This study examines student success by focusing on an understudied population in the literature: overachievers. We define overachievers as students who matriculate in the lowest quartile of an institution's standardized test score range but are selected and persist as honors students after their first collegiate semester. This phenomenological study highlights the prevalence of a strong internal locus of control among overachievers. Using Bean and Eaton's student success model as a framework, we explore how our participants operationalized an internal locus of control to achieve academic success in college and consider how higher education institutions can promote this mind-set and its related practices among students on their campuses. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01