Research article summary (published 30 Aug 2009):

Intervention effects on college performance and retention as mediated by motivational, emotional, and social control factors: integrated meta-analytic path analyses.

Full Abstract

Using both organizational and educational perspectives, the authors proposed and tested theoretical models on the mediating roles that psychosocial factors (PSFs; motivational, emotional, and social control factors) play between college interventions (academic skill, self-management, socialization, and First-Year-Experience interventions) and college outcomes (academic performance and retention). They first determined through meta-analysis of 404 data points the effects of college interventions on college outcomes and on PSFs. These meta-analytic findings were then combined with results from S. B. Robbins et al.'s (2004) meta-analysis to test the proposed models. Integrated meta-analytic path analyses showed the direct and indirect effects (via PSFs) of intervention strategies on both performance and retention outcomes. The authors highlight the importance of both academic skill and self-management-based interventions; they also note the salience of motivational and emotional control mediators across both performance and retention outcomes. Implications from organizational and educational perspectives, limitations, and future directions are addressed.

Author information

Author/s: Robbins, Steven B (SB); Oh, In-Sue (IS); Le, Huy (H); Button, Christopher (C);

Affiliation: ACT, Inc., Iowa City, IA 52246-0168, USA. steve.robbins(-atsign-)act.org

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Meta-Analysis; Review

Journal: The Journal of applied psychology (J Appl Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Sep; vol 94 (issue 5) : pp 1163-84

Dates: Created 2009/08/25; Completed 2009/10/06;

PMID: 19702363, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/6/2009, IMS Date: )

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Educational Status Humans Models, Theoretical Motivation Psychology, Educational

Psychology, Educational Social Control, Informal Socioeconomic Factors Student Dropouts - psychology Students - psychology

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