A New Pathway to University Retention? Identity Fusion With University Predicts Retention Independently of Grades
Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 108 - 117
Published: Feb 19, 2020
Abstract
Individuals who are "strongly fused" with a group view the group as self-defining. As such, they should be particularly reluctant to leave it. For the first time, we investigate the implications of identity fusion for university retention. We found that students who were strongly fused with their university (+1 SD) were 7-9% points more likely than weakly fused students (-1SD) to remain in school up to a year later. Fusion with university...
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Title
A New Pathway to University Retention? Identity Fusion With University Predicts Retention Independently of Grades
Published Date
Feb 19, 2020
Volume
12
Issue
1
Pages
108 - 117
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