Emotional Intelligence and College Embeddedness as Incremental Predictors of Retention

Krantz, Cassidy

Emotional Intelligence and College Embeddedness as Incremental Predictors of Retention

dc.contributor.advisor	Terry, Robert
dc.contributor.author	Krantz, Cassidy
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Judice-Campbell, Nicole
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Connelly, Shane
dc.date.accessioned	2020-06-25T16:14:12Z
dc.date.available	2020-06-25T16:14:12Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.date.manuscript	2020
dc.description.abstract	This study aims to contribute to the college retention literature by examining two psychosocial constructs, emotional intelligence (EI) and college embeddedness (CE), as potential predictors beyond the usual academic factors. EI was measured with the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT V2.0, 2003) and was scaled using consensus scoring. CE was measured using modified versions of the composite job embeddedness measure (Mitchell et al., 2001) and global job embeddedness measure (Crossley et al., 2007). Academic records, including a previously validated predictor of first-year academic success at the time of admission and retention status measured during the first three weeks of the student's sophomore year, were obtained from a sample of n = 745 first-time freshman enrolled at a large southwestern university. After pairing the academic records with the EI and CE measures, multiple logistic regression was used to evaluate the incremental predictive value of EI and CE. The study found that both EI and CE provided incremental predictive value (AUC = .785) over standard academic predictors, with high levels of CE being strongly associated with increased retention and, contrary to the hypothesis, high levels of EI being weakly associated with decreased levels of retention. Implications of these results for retention scholars and practitioners are discussed.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/11244/324865
dc.language	en_US	en_US
dc.rights	Attribution 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Psychology, General.	en_US
dc.subject	Psychology, Experimental.	en_US
dc.subject	Psychology, Psychometrics.	en_US
dc.thesis.degree	Master of Science	en_US
dc.title	Emotional Intelligence and College Embeddedness as Incremental Predictors of Retention	en_US
ou.group	College of Arts and Sciences::Department of Psychology	en_US