TABLE 7.
Results of SEMs using second-order factors as predictors.
| Sense of Belonging | Evaluative Concern | Mastery Approach Goals | Performance Avoid Goals | Self-Handicapping | Intent to Persist | Course Grade | |||
| Lay theories | Mindset | b (SE) | 0.67*** (0.11) | −0.66*** (0.13) | 0.81*** (0.13) | −0.34* (0.16) | −0.89*** (0.16) | 1.11*** (0.19) | 0.82*** (0.18) |
| β | 0.51*** | −0.30*** | 0.54*** | −0.13* | −0.37*** | 0.51*** | 0.31*** | ||
| Brilliance | b (SE) | 0.11* (0.04) | 0.20*** (0.06) | 0.11* (0.05) | 0.15 (0.08) | −0.04 (0.07) | −0.12 (0.08) | −0.12 (0.08) | |
| β | 0.17* | 0.21*** | 0.15* | 0.12 | −0.04 | −0.11 | −0.10 | ||
| Universality | b (SE) | 0.02 (0.10) | 0.38** (0.13) | 0.03 (0.12) | 0.09 (0.17) | 0.01 (0.14) | −0.61*** (0.19) | −0.60*** (0.18) | |
| β | 0.02 | 0.23** | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.00 | −0.31*** | −0.29*** | ||
| Sociodemographics | Woman | b (SE) | 0.04 (0.03) | 0.36*** (0.05) | 0.10* (0.04) | 0.20** (0.06) | 0.03 (0.05) | 0.26*** (0.06) | −0.16** (0.06) |
| β | 0.04 | 0.22*** | 0.08* | 0.09** | 0.01 | 0.13*** | −0.08** | ||
| URM | b (SE) | −0.15*** (0.04) | −0.10 (0.05) | −0.04 (0.05) | −0.02 (0.08) | 0.08 (0.06) | −0.12 (0.07) | −0.23*** (0.07) | |
| β | −0.12*** | −0.05 | −0.02 | −0.01 | 0.04 | −0.06 | −0.10*** | ||
| First-gen | b (SE) | −0.07 (0.04) | 0.05 (0.06) | 0.08 (0.05) | 0.07 (0.08) | 0.18** (0.06) | −0.22** (0.07) | −0.50*** (0.08) | |
| β | −0.05 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.08** | −0.10** | −0.20*** | ||
| Variance predicted | R2 = 0.23 | R2 = 0.15 | R2 = 0.25 | R2 = 0.04 | R2 = 0.13 | R2 = 0.21 | R2 = 0.13 | ||
Predictors significant at the p ≤ 0.01 threshold are bolded for emphasis. b = unstandardized beta estimate, SE = standard error of the unstandardized beta estimate, β = standardized beta estimate. * p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.01, *** p ≤ 0.001.