Document Type
Article
Abstract
A cross-sectional study of a sample of first and second year students attending a moderately-sized, Great Plains university is used to demonstrate the correlation between academic self-conceptions and academic goals. Multiple regression analysis shows that academic self-conceptions, academic role-taking, job goals, being a parent, and having a Job are excellent predictors of academic goals. The authors recommend that the symbolic interactionist perspective used in the study should be used to study how academic goals link academic self-conceptions with academic behaviors and outcomes.
Recommended Citation
Arwood, Donald E. and Hess, Donna J.
(1998)
"The Importance of College Student Academic Goals: A Symbolic Interactionist Approach,"
Great Plains Sociologist: Vol. 11:
Iss.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/greatplainssociologist/vol11/iss1/4