Focusing on the Sophomores: Characteristics Associated With the Academic and Social Involvement of Second-Year College Students

Repertory grid techniques are used in a multivariate study of degree of differentiation of social judgments, and the effects of type of figure judged (liked versus disliked persons, and well known versus slightly known persons) and the type of construct used in making judgments (appearance versus personality). Subjects were 60 female and 28 male college students who were taking a second year course in psychology. A high level of generality of relative differentiation was found in person perception. Scores showing higher differentiation were obtained for constructs regarding appearance than for constructs about personality and for disliked figures than for liked figures. There was a predicted interaction in which the effects of figures' attractiveness were greater for personality than for constructs of appearance. The findings are interpreted as indicating that caution should be exercised in interpreting repertory grid measures of complexity of differentiation, since scores are influenced by many factors, some of which may be viewed as methodological artifacts.

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Psychological Security and Values in Adolescents and Young People

Psychological Science and Education ◽

10.17759/pse.2020250601 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 25 (6) ◽

pp. 5-18

Author(s):

I.A. Baeva ◽

L.A. Gayazova ◽

I.V. Kondakova ◽

E.B. Laktionova

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Social Behavior ◽

Young People ◽

Linear Growth ◽

Educational Environment ◽

Young Age ◽

First Year ◽

Second Year ◽

Different Levels ◽

Normative Ideals

The article analyses the relation between psychological security (PS) and values in adolescent and young age. The value-semantic sphere of an individual determines his or her social behavior, and the strategic task of the education system is to create such educational environment that would promote the development of personal potential in students. The aim of the study is to identify the features and characteristics of students’ personal values in adolescence and young age depending on the level of their PS. The hypothesis was tested that the values of adolescents and young people with different levels of PS have different significance. The sample of the study consisted of 2789 first- year and second-year college students, aged 15-21 years. Significant differences in values at the level of normative ideals were found in groups with different levels of PS. There are also significant differences in the significance of values at the level of individual priorities which, in contrast to normative ideals, have a non-linear growth depending on the level of PS – the lowest values are observed in the group with an average level of PS. Values at the level of individual priorities in the group with a low level of PS are more significant than values at the level of normative ideals.

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Comparative Overview of Functional and Motor Preparedness of First- and Second-Year College Students

Teorìâ ta Metodika Fìzičnogo Vihovannâ ◽

10.17309/tmfv.2019.1.02 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 14-22

Author(s):

M. G. Barylko

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Discriminant Function ◽

Male Students ◽

First Year ◽

Practical Application ◽

Study Objective ◽

Standing Long Jump ◽

Male College ◽

Long Jump ◽

Second Year

The study objective is to determine the possibility of recognizing the state of functional and motor preparedness of first- and second-year male college students, using multidimensional statistical methods. Materials and methods. The study involved first-year (n = 10) and second-year (n = 10) male students of Novomoskovsk College of Dnipro State Agrarian and Economic University. To achieve the objective set, the study relied on the following research methods: analysis of scientific and methodological literature, pedagogical testing, and methods of mathematical statistics for processing research results. Results. For practical application of discriminant analysis results, unstandardized canonical discriminant function coefficients are used. The probability of a case belonging to the predicted group is calculated based on substitution of values of variables for the corresponding case into the discriminant function. A comparison of the obtained results with centroid values makes it possible to determine the group the result belongs to. Conclusions. Discriminant function structure coefficients are most closely related to variables that characterize functional preparedness (No. 3, 4, 5 “Serkin’s test”), coordination and strength preparedness (No. 15 “Evaluation of perception of motion strength parameters, 1/3”, No. 8 “Arms’ bending and straightening in a hanging position”, 9 “Bent-arm hang”, 10 “Standing long jump”). The division of boys into groups by functional and motor preparedness is carried out on the basis of unstandardized coefficients.

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Encouraging innovative work behavior among college students through quality education to succeed the SDGs

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202021101016 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 211 ◽

pp. 01016

Author(s):

Winarsih ◽

Arum Etikariena

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Organizational Performance ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Proactive Personality ◽

Quality Education ◽

Work Behavior ◽

Innovative Work Behavior ◽

Innovative Work ◽

Second Year

Employee innovation plays an important role in organizational performance and survival, consequently, today’s students are expected to be able to cultivate Innovative Work Behavior (IWB) before they become workers. This research aimed to investigate the correlation between one of the internal individual factors, namely proactive personality, and its relationship with IWB. This quantitative research was conducted on 539 undergraduate students at Universitas Indonesia, with ages ranging from 18-25 years. The students should at least in their second year of study. Proactive personality was measured using a scale developed by Bateman and Crant (1993). IWB was measured using a scale developed by Janssen (2000) with some modifications to ensure that the scale was suitable for college students. Pearson Product-moment Correlation is used to test the hypothesis. This study finds that there is a positive and significant relationship between proactive personality and IWB, r(539) = 0,64, p < 0,01, one-tailed.

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College Students and Academic Performance: A Case of Taking Control

NASPA Journal ◽

10.2202/0027-6014.1361 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 41 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Phylis M. Mansfield ◽

Mary Beth Pinto ◽

Diane H. Parente ◽

Thomas I. Wortman

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Academic Success ◽

Significant Proportion ◽

Academic Culture ◽

Academic Program ◽

First Year ◽

Academic Environment ◽

First Year Students ◽

The Social ◽

Second Year

College students face a myriad of pressures and challenges in the academic environment as they seek to maintain optimal performance or even to remain in the academic program. In 2002, it was reported that more than 30% of first-year students did not return for their second year of college (Smith), and only 40% are reported to actually compete their degree and graduate (Newby, 2002). This information suggests that either due to problems with integration or other difficulties encountered in the social or academic culture of the institution, a significant proportion of college students fail to attain an acceptable level of academic achievement and ultimately withdraw (Pascarella & Terenzini, 1991). The better we understand the factors that contribute to academic success, the greater the potential for positive and timely intervention to

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Attitudes Toward Diversity and Living-Learning Outcomes Among First- and Second-Year College Students

NASPA Journal ◽

10.2202/0027-6014.1570 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Susan D. Longerbeam ◽

William E Sedlacek

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Learning Experience ◽

Diversity Education ◽

Learning Program ◽

Limited Sample ◽

Attitudes Toward Diversity ◽

Learning Programs ◽

Second Year ◽

Living Learning Program

Authors examined attitudes towards diversity among college students who participated in a civic type living-learning program. The purpose of this longitudinal study was to examine the differences in students in a civic type living-learning program and a comparison group in undergraduate student understanding and appreciation of diversity. A construct of attitudes toward diversity was measured prior to matriculation and at the end of the first and third semesters of college. Students did not differ in their attitudes towards diversity from prior to matriculation to the end of the third semester. Nor did living-learning students differ from a comparison sample of students in the construct of attitudes toward diversity. The authors discuss several possible reasons for the lack of significant differences such as attitudes toward diversity generally do not change easily, relative to behaviors; the attrition inherent in a longitudinal study limited sample size; the general difficulty of quantifying significant outcomes of living-learning programs; the importance of allowing sufficient time for reflection (i.e., longer than the first 2 years of college) to reevaluate and then change ones attitudes; and the need to distinguish between understanding of and appreciation for diversity. Implications for educators are to enhance their understanding of diversity development in order to provide the best learning experience for students, and to measure small cumulative effects of diversity education over time periods longer than 2 years.

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