Family, Personality, and Social Risk Factors Impacting the Retention Rates of First-Year Hispanic and Anglo College Students

Investigates potential ethnic differences between Hispanic and Angelo-American college freshman that may increase their risk of drinking and problem behaviors in an attempt to understand Hispanic's low college retention rate. Findings identified key family, social, personality, and problem beha...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Adolescence 2001-12, Vol.36 (144), p.803-818
Hauptverfasser:	Pidcock, Boyd W, Fischer, Judith L, Munsch, Joyce
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Academic Persistence Adjustment (to Environment) Adolescents Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Anglo-American people At Risk Persons Attrition Biological and medical sciences College Freshmen College students Cultural Background Drinking European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology Families & family life Family - psychology Family Conflict Family environment. Family history Family factors Feeding and Eating Disorders Female Follow-Up Studies High School Graduates Higher Education Hispanic American people Hispanic American Students Hispanic Americans Hispanic Americans - psychology Hispanic people Humans Male Medical sciences Mentors Minority college students Miscellaneous Multivariate Analysis Personality Personality Traits Predictors Psychological aspects Psychology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Racial Differences Retention Risk Risk Factors School Holding Power Social Background Social Environment Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry Social risk factors Southwestern United States Student Dropouts - psychology Students Substance-Related Disorders Undergraduate Students Universities Western States White people Whites Withdrawal (Education)
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Zusammenfassung:	Investigates potential ethnic differences between Hispanic and Angelo-American college freshman that may increase their risk of drinking and problem behaviors in an attempt to understand Hispanic's low college retention rate. Findings identified key family, social, personality, and problem behaviors associated with students' retention rates and offers suggestions for future prevention. (JDM)
ISSN:	0001-8449