The Interdependent Self-Construal and Social Support : The Case of Persistence in Engineering  

Oleh:

Cross, Susan E. ; Vick, Niki V.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pspc) vol. 27 no. 7 (2001), page 820-832.
Topik: social support; self - construal; social support; persistence; engineering
Fulltext: 820PSPB277.pdf (110.29KB)

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This prospective study examined student self - esteem and persistence during the first 2 years of an undergraduate program in engineering. The authors hypothesized that individuals who define the self in terms of close relationships, termed the interdependent self - construal, will experience a sense of misfit in the competitive engineering environment but that high levels of social support will mitigate this effect. As expected, for students with a very interdependent self - construal, levels of social support were positively related to changes in self - esteem during the 1st year and predicted continued enrollment in engineering at the end of the 2nd year, controlling for previous academic performance and self - efficacy. The implications of these findings for understanding the role of the self - construal in behaviour and for increasing the supply of well - trained engineers are discussed.

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