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Direct linkPerez, Rosemary J. – Journal of College Student Development, 2017
In this longitudinal qualitative study I explored the development of self-authorship among 21 student affairs master's candidates at 2 institutions. The findings suggest that growth, regression, and stasis in newcomers' developmental capacities for self-authorship occurred as they matriculated, and that these developmental trajectories reflected…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Longitudinal Studies, Qualitative Research, Constructivism (Learning)
Fitch, Trey; Marshall, Jennifer; McCarthy, Wanda – Journal of College Student Development, 2012
Student affairs professionals seek innovative methods to enhance academic achievement for students. A recent study highlighted the need to bridge student development work with course curricula (Kilpatrick, Stant, Downes, & Gaither, 2008). This study also linked the importance of nonacademic cognitive variables, such as locus of control, to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Support Services, Student Personnel Services, Student Development
Kirkpatrick, Michael A.; Stant, Kathryn; Downes, Shonta; Gaither, Leatah – Journal of College Student Development, 2008
Locus of control (LOC) is a dimensional construct representing the degree to which individuals perceive reinforcing events in their lives to be the result of their own actions (an "internal" LOC) or fate (an "external" LOC). LOC is meaningfully related to several variables associated with academic achievement. Specifically, high scoring students…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Relationship, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables
