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The Role of Motivation, Parental Support, and Peer Support in the Academic Success of Ethnic Minority First-Generation College Students
- Journal of College Student Development
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 46, Number 3, May/June 2005
- pp. 223-236
- 10.1353/csd.2005.0023
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Abstract:
The role of personal motivational characteristics and environmental social supports in college outcomes was examined in a longitudinal study of 100 ethnic minority first-generation college students. Personal/career-related motivation to attend college in the fall was a positive predictor and lack of peer support was a negative predictor of college adjustment the following spring. Lack of peer support also predicted lower spring GPA.