title: Academic satisfaction among Latino/a and White men and women engineering students.
abstract: The current study tests a model of academic satisfaction in engineering based on Lent, Brown, and Hackett's (1994, 2000) social cognitive career theory among a sample of 527 engineering majors attending a Hispanic serving institution. The findings indicated that (a) an alternative bidirectional model fit the data for the full sample; (b) all of the hypothesized relations were significant for the full sample, except the path from engineering interests to goals; (c) social cognitive career theory predictors accounted for a significant amount of variance in engineering goals (26.6%) and academic satisfaction (45.1%); and (d) the model parameters did not vary across men and women or across Latino/a and White engineering undergraduate students. Implications for research and practice are discussed in relation to persistence in engineering among women and Latinos/as.
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology.
authors.forename: Lisa Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Flores
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling Psychology and Community Services, University of North Dakota.
authors.forename: Rachel L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Navarro
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology.
authors.forename: Hang Shim
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology.
authors.forename: Dorothy A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Addae
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, New Mexico State University.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, New Mexico State University.
authors.forename: Laura L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Luna
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering, New Mexico State University.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jacquez
authors.affiliation: Department of Engineering Technology and Surveying Engineering, New Mexico State University.
authors.forename: Sonya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, New Mexico State University.
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002321:Career Choice; D004738:Engineering / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006040:Goals; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011582:Psychological Theory; D020377:Self Efficacy; D015206:Southwestern United States; D044465:White People / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult