[BOOK][B] Self-efficacy, motivation, and outcome expectation correlates of college students' intention certainty

CC Landry - 2003 - search.proquest.com
CC Landry
2003search.proquest.com
This study explored relationships between Self-Efficacy, Motivation, and Outcome
Expectations and Intention Certainty. Intention Certainty is a new variable created for this
study and comprised of existing conceptions of intention and decision certainty. The purpose
of this study was fourfold. This study attempted to expand our understanding of the college
retention dropout issue by exploring relationships between psychologically rich variables.
Second, this study provided information considered useful for framing future research on�…
Abstract
This study explored relationships between Self-Efficacy, Motivation, and Outcome Expectations and Intention Certainty. Intention Certainty is a new variable created for this study and comprised of existing conceptions of intention and decision certainty. The purpose of this study was fourfold. This study attempted to expand our understanding of the college retention dropout issue by exploring relationships between psychologically rich variables. Second, this study provided information considered useful for framing future research on retention from a different perspective that focuses on characteristics of individuals who stay, rather than those who leave higher education with the consideration of psychological constructs. Further, this research expanded the Tinto model to examine psychological variables believed to influence intention to remain enrolled as opposed to demographic variables associated with student dropouts. Finally, because the sample was extended to include all subsets of the student population, broader practical applications were obtained resulting in greater generalizability of the results.
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