College Student Retention: An Exploration of the Relationship Between Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Purpose in Life Among College Students

2009 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Joseph DeWitz ◽  
M. Lynn Woolsey ◽  
W. Bruce Walsh
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Gani Dharma ◽  
Sari Zakiah Akmal

ABSTRAKKebimbangan karier merupakan kondisi dimana individu mengalami kesulitan dalam membuat keputusan karier yang akan ditempuh. Mahasiswa tingkat akhir rentan merasakan kebimbangan karier. Hal ini mengakibatkan mahasiswa menjadi tidak yakin terhadap kemampuannya untuk menempuh jenjang karier setelah lulus nanti. Efikasi diri merupakan salah satu aspek penting dalam proses pembuatan keputusan karier, yang dapat membantu individu dalam menentukan karier. Akan tetapi, penelitian sebelumnya menunjukan hasil yang tidak konsisten mengenai hubungan antara efikasi diri dalam membuat keputusan karier dengan kebimbangan karier.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat kembali bentuk hubungan antara efikasi diri dalam membuat keputusan karier dengan kebimbangan karier pada mahasiswa tingkat akhir. Penelitian ini melibatkan 328 mahasiswa tingkat akhir sebagai sampel, yang diperoleh dengan menggunakan teknik sampel insidental. Pengukuran kebimbangan karier menggunakan alat ukur Career Decision Scale (CDS) dan pengukuran efikasi diridalam membuat keputusan karier menggunakan Career Decision Making Self-efficacy Scale (CDMSES). Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara kedua variabel penelitian (r = -0,143 p = 0,010,01). Implikasi dari hasil penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa dapat mengurangi kebimbangan karier dengan cara meningkatkan efikasi diri saat membuat keputusan karier.Kata kunci: Career Decision Making Self-efficacy, Career Indecision, Mahasiswa Tingkat AkhirABSTRACTCareer Indecision is a condition when students has difficulty to make career decision that will be pursued. Final years college students, are vulnerable to feel career indecision, it causes students to be unsure of his ability to pursue career after graduation. Self-efficacy known as an important aspect of career decision-making process, which is can help college student to determine his or her career choice. However, previous studies have shown the inconsistent result about relationship between career decision making self-efficacy with career indecision. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine again the relationship between career decision making self-efficacy and career indecision among final year’s college students in1Seurune, Jurnal Psikologi Unsyiah ISSN: 2614-6428 Vol 2, No. 2, Juli 2019 E ISSN: 2655-9161Indonesia. 328 final year college students who recruited by incidental sampling participated in this study. Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy Scale (CDMSES) and Career Decision Scale (CDS) used to collect the data. Result of this study showed that there is significant correlation between Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy and Career Indecision (r = -0,143 p = 0,010,01). The implication of this study is college student with high career decision making self-efficacy can decrease their career indecision.Keywords: Career Decision Making Self-efficacy, Career Indecision, Final Year College Students


2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-185
Author(s):  
Robert G. Stevenson ◽  
Joseph N. Michelotti ◽  
Richard B. Gilbert

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sari Zakiah Akmal

Career Indecision is a condition when students has difficulty to make career decision that will be pursued. Final years college students, are vulnerable to feel career indecision, it causes students to be unsure of his ability to pursue career after graduation. Self-efficacy known as an important aspect of career decision-making process, which is can help college student to determine his or her career choice. However, previous studies have shown the inconsistent result about relationship between career decision making self-efficacy with career indecision. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine again the relationship between career decision making self-efficacy and career indecision among final year’s college students in Indonesia. Method: Using incidental sampling, this study get 328 final year college students as respondents. To measure Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy and Career Indecision, this study using Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy Scale (CDMSES) and Career Decision Scale (CDS). Result: Result of this study using Spearman correlation test shown that, there is significant correlation between Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy and Career Indecision (r = -0,143 p = 0,010,01).Suggestion: The implication of this study is college student with high career decision making self-efficacy can decrease their career indecision.


Author(s):  
Gordon R. Flanders

This study measured the rate of retention to the second semester among first-time, full-time freshman college students who attempted a gateway course within their declared major during their first semester of college compared with students who declared a major, completed a course, but not the gateway course in their major and students who did not declare a major and completed any course. The findings in this study suggest that first-time, full-time freshman students who declared a major and successfully completed the gateway course were more likely to persist than students who were unsuccessful with the gateway course or students who declared a major, completed a course, but not the gateway course in their major. To improve retention of first-time, full-time freshman students, the results of this study indicate that changes are warranted in the way students are advised with regard to which courses they should complete in their first semester of college.


2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cyndi R. McDaniel ◽  
James H. Thomas ◽  
Diana Harvey ◽  
Yvette Thompson ◽  
Perilou Goddard

NASPA Journal ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert D. Reason

This article reviews recent research related to the study of college student retention, specifically examining research related to individual student demographic characteristics. The increasing diversity of undergraduate college students requires a new, thorough examination of those student variables previously understood to predict retention. The retention literature focuses on research conducted after 1990 and emphasizes the changing demographics in higher education. Research related to a relatively new variable —the merit-index—also is reviewed, revealing potentially promising, but currently mixed results.


NASPA Journal ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kellah M. Edens

College students are sleeping less during the week than reported a few years ago. Lack of sleep among college students has been identified as one of the top three healthrelated impediments to academic performance by the American College Health Association’s National College Health Assessment survey; and it is associated with lower grades, incompletion of courses, as well as negative moods. This research examines the underlying dynamics of lack of sleep on academic motivation, a key predictor of academic performance. Specifically, the relationship of sleep habits with self-efficacy, performance versus mastery goal orientation, persistence, and tendency to procrastinate were investigated. Findings indicate that 42% of the participants (159 students out of a total of 377) experience excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS); and those identified with EDS tend: (1) to be motivated by performance goals rather than mastery goals; (2) to engage in procrastination (a self-handicapping strategy) to a greater extent than students who are rested; and (3) to have decreased self-efficacy, as compared to students not reporting EDS. Several recommendations for campus health professionals to consider for a Healthy Campus Initiative are made based on the findings.


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