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Predicting College Student Satisfaction, Commitment, and Attrition from Investment Model Constructs
Author(s) -
Hatcher Larry,
Kryter Kimberly,
Prus Joseph S.,
Fitzgerald Vicki
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1992.tb00950.x
Subject(s) - psychology , investment (military) , attrition , logistic regression , social psychology , statistics , medicine , mathematics , dentistry , politics , political science , law
In a medium‐sized college, 174 undergraduates evaluated the rewards, costs, alternatives, and investments associated with their enrollment. These investment model variables (Rusbult, 1980a) were significantly related to the students'satisfaction with the college, their commitment to remain enrolled, and their subsequent enrollment behavior. Linear and logistic regression results supported many, but not all, investment model predictions concerning the relationships between model constructs. Investment model variables were found to have greater validity than integration model variables (Tinto, 1975) in predicting institutional commitment and enrollment behavior. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.