The Impact of Discrimination Beyond Sense of Belonging: Predicting College Students’ Confidence in Their Ability to Graduate

Data from the Healthy Mind Study were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression analyses to determine the role of discriminatory experience in students’ confidence in their ability to persist through graduation, controlling for age, extracurricular activity participation, housing, years in the...

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Published in:Journal of college student retention : Research, theory & practice theory & practice, 2023-02, Vol.24 (4), p.973-987
Main Authors: Jackson, Zachary A., Harvey, I. Shevon, Sherman, Ledric D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Persistence
College Students
Gender Bias
Gender Discrimination
Graduation
Minority Group Students
Multiple Regression Analysis
Prediction
Predictor Variables
Racial Discrimination
Racism
Self Efficacy
Sense of Community
Student Experience
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Summary:Data from the Healthy Mind Study were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression analyses to determine the role of discriminatory experience in students’ confidence in their ability to persist through graduation, controlling for age, extracurricular activity participation, housing, years in their degree program, and their sense of belonging. The final sample consists of 4,708 college students—57.1% women, 70.8% Whites, 7.4% Blacks, 10.4% Asians, and 10.4% Latinx. A final hierarchical multiple regression with discrimination and covariates revealed an overall model that explained 15.5% of the total variance of confidence to persist (F [12, 4574] = 76.762, p 
ISSN:1521-0251
1541-4167
DOI:10.1177/1521025120957601