{"title":"An Examination of College Student Academic Social Supports with Diverse College Students","authors":"","doi":"10.33140/jepr.02.03.01","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the validity of seven academic support scales and their relationships with demographics, achievement and retention of diverse college students. In study one, 207 students completed an online survey containing five scales assessing student perceptions of faculty, university, family and peer supports. Exploratory factor analysis results supported the hypothesized five-factor structure. In study two, 633 students responded to the five initial scales and two additional scales related to family and peers to replicate and extend the factor structure. EFA results supported the hypothesized seven-factor structure. In study three, we examined relationships between the academic social support scales, student demographics, college GPA and fourth semester retention. Demographic differences were present on student perceptions of faculty, university community, family academic discussions, family college persistence, and family financial supports. Moreover, the academic social supports predicted college GPA across four semesters and fourth semester retention. Implications for research and practice are discussed.","PeriodicalId":42280,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychological and Educational Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2020-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Psychological and Educational Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.33140/jepr.02.03.01","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This study examined the validity of seven academic support scales and their relationships with demographics, achievement and retention of diverse college students. In study one, 207 students completed an online survey containing five scales assessing student perceptions of faculty, university, family and peer supports. Exploratory factor analysis results supported the hypothesized five-factor structure. In study two, 633 students responded to the five initial scales and two additional scales related to family and peers to replicate and extend the factor structure. EFA results supported the hypothesized seven-factor structure. In study three, we examined relationships between the academic social support scales, student demographics, college GPA and fourth semester retention. Demographic differences were present on student perceptions of faculty, university community, family academic discussions, family college persistence, and family financial supports. Moreover, the academic social supports predicted college GPA across four semesters and fourth semester retention. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
期刊介绍:
Journal of Psychological and Educational Research is a scientific review, appearing biannually, which publishes scientific materials belonging to all the fields of psychology. The emphasis falls on empirical studies, but it may include reviews, theoretical or methodological papers in psychology. Empirical papers with a strong theoretical framework and/or models of computational parameters are particularly encouraged. Theoretical papers of scholarly substance on abnormality may be appropriate if they advance understanding of a specific issue directly relevant to psychology and fall within the length restrictions of a regular (not extended) article. As a journal that focuses on researches within a quantitative, scientific remit, Journal of Psychological and Educational Research places particular emphasis on the publishing of high-quality empirical reports based on experimental and behavioural studies