TY - JOUR
T1 - The advisor quality survey
T2 - Good college advisors are available, knowledgeable, and autonomy supportive
AU - Sheldon, Kennon M.
AU - Garton, Bryan
AU - Orr, Rachael
AU - Smith, Amy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Johns Hopkins University Press. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - Most US institutions of higher education do not assess advisor quality. We report a scale development effort informed by the developmental prescriptions of self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985, 2000). The 15-item Missouri Advisor Quality Survey assesses advisor knowledge, advisor availability, and advisor autonomy supportiveness. Across 3 studies the three factors were distinguishable, and each contributed independently to predicting students’ global satisfaction with their advisor’s performance. Autonomy support was the strongest of the three variables, predicting not only student satisfaction but also the amount of time advisors spend with the student, student cumulative GPA, and student current semester GPA controlling for cumulative GPA.
AB - Most US institutions of higher education do not assess advisor quality. We report a scale development effort informed by the developmental prescriptions of self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985, 2000). The 15-item Missouri Advisor Quality Survey assesses advisor knowledge, advisor availability, and advisor autonomy supportiveness. Across 3 studies the three factors were distinguishable, and each contributed independently to predicting students’ global satisfaction with their advisor’s performance. Autonomy support was the strongest of the three variables, predicting not only student satisfaction but also the amount of time advisors spend with the student, student cumulative GPA, and student current semester GPA controlling for cumulative GPA.
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U2 - 10.1353/csd.2015.0027
DO - 10.1353/csd.2015.0027
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84929416803
SN - 0897-5264
VL - 56
SP - 261
EP - 273
JO - Journal of College Student Development
JF - Journal of College Student Development
IS - 3
ER -