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Using Emotional and Social Factors to Predict Student Success
- Journal of College Student Development
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 44, Number 1, January/February 2003
- pp. 18-28
- 10.1353/csd.2003.0008
- Article
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College academic success and retention have traditionally been predicted using demographic and academic variables. This study moved beyond traditional predictors. A survey of 218 undergraduate students from a private Midwestern university revealed that emotional and social factors (e.g., stress, frequency of alcohol consumption) related to GPA and emotional factors (e.g., self-esteem, fatigue) related to attrition.