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Peer reviewedDwinell, Patricia L.; Higbee, Jeanne L. – College Student Affairs Journal, 1991
Examined relationship between developmental tasks and academic achievement among first-term college freshmen (n=83) enrolled in program for students at risk. Results support limited relationship between growth on developmental tasks of young adulthood and academic performance of university freshmen. Sex differences also were found on predictors of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, College Freshmen, Developmental Tasks
Sowa, Claudia J.; Gressard, Charles F. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1983
Explored the relationship between participation in varsity athletics and the achievement of developmental tasks. Athletes (N=48) and nonathletes (N=43) took the Student Developmental Task Inventory, in which differences were found (i.e., educational plans, career plans, and mature relationships with peers). Athletes scored significantly lower than…
Descriptors: Athletics, College Students, Comparative Testing, Developmental Tasks
