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The Effects of External Stressors on Outcomes of Success for Community College Students
Mon, April 12, 9:30 to 11:00am EDT (9:30 to 11:00am EDT), SIG Sessions, SIG-Stress, Coping, and Resilience Paper and Symposium SessionsAbstract
The purpose of the study was to understand the effects of external stressors on outcomes of student success (college grade point average (GPA), persistence, on track for goals) for students in the community college. This study utilized Bean and Metzner’s (1985) model of nontraditional undergraduate student attrition as a guide for interpreting the data. The data was analyzed with Statistics Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) using linear and logistic regression procedures. The findings indicate that external stressors have a significant effect on college GPA and staying on track for goals, but not persistence. Future research should consider how external stressors effect goals such as graduation, degree attainment, and transfer.