TITLE:
Attachment and College Academic Success: A Four-Year Longitudinal Study
AUTHORS:
Robert M. Kurland, Harold I. Siegel
KEYWORDS:
Attachment, College, Academic Success, Retention, Graduation Rates, GPA
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.8 No.12,
December
9,
2020
ABSTRACT: This
longitudinal study examined the influence of attachment security on student
academic success over their first four years in college. Eighty-five first-semester
students provided their attachment dimensions and psychological indices at the
beginning of their college careers. Students’ academic records were accessed
throughout the four-year period. Securely attached students maintained higher
GPA’s and graduated at a higher rate than insecurely attached students.
Regression analysis analyzed the influence of attachment security on four-year
cumulative college GPA from high school to college while controlling for high
school GPA. The results indicate that attachment security had a significant
effect on students’ four-year cumulative GPA.