@inproceedings{4477,
  abstract     = {{The aim of this qualitative study is first to investigate the attitude development of students in their initial year at university. College effectiveness research has shown that attitudes towards studying as well as to one's university are key factors influencing student engagement. Up to now, little is known about the processes through which such attitudes develop. Based on the theory of planned behaviour (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1980), the study addresses this research gap in three parts: a) development paths of students' attitudes towards studying and the university; b) the normative behaviour of the fellow students as well as significant persons, c) university-related experiences during the first year influencing students' attitude development. 
To answer these research questions, a series of five interviews was conducted throughout the first year with a total of 13 first-year students at the University of St. Gallen/Switzerland. Data analysis was performed referring to the procedures suggested by Neale (2012) for qualitative longitudinal data. To master the challenge of displaying developments over time, graphical analysis was used to construct a case history (cf. Henderson, Holland et al., 2012) for each individual. Regarding the students' developments over time, the analysis shows the participants' attitudes towards the university became more differentiated over time. A second major result concerns frictions between students' own attitudes and what they perceive to be the dominant normative behaviour. It became obvious that this developmental process is influenced by concrete incidents students experience during the first year and thus, can be shaped by structural changes.}},
  author       = {{Jenert, Tobias and Brahm, Taiga}},
  keywords     = {{student attitudes, qualitative research, longitudinal study, student motivation}},
  location     = {{München}},
  publisher    = {{EARLI European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction}},
  title        = {{{How Business Students Attitudes towards their University and Studying Develop during the First Year: A Qualitative Longitudinal Study}}},
  year         = {{2013}},
}

@inproceedings{4481,
  abstract     = {{Die vorliegende Untersuchung an der Universität St. Gallen soll Erkenntnisse über die Verläufe der Einstellungsveränderungen der Studierenden geben (vgl. Brahm & Jenert, 2012). Basierend auf der Theorie des geplanten Verhaltens (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1980) werden drei Forschungsfragen adressiert: (1) Gibt es typische Pfade der Einstellungsentwicklung? (2) Wie wird das normative Verhalten von Mitstudierenden und anderen Personen wahrgenommen? (3) Welche Erfahrungen beeinflussen die Entwicklung? Zur Beantwortung dieser Fragen wurde über das erste Studienjahr hinweg eine Interviewserie mit 13 Studierenden durchgeführt. Die Datenanalyse mithilfe grafischer Case Histories zeigt, dass die Einstellungen der Probanden über die Zeit differenzierter werden. Zudem gibt es Widersprüche zwischen den Einstellungen und dem wahrgenommenen normativen Verhalten. Dabei ist die Einstellungsentwicklung von konkreten Ereignissen geprägt und kann damit durch strukturelle Interventionen beeinflusst werden.}},
  author       = {{Jenert, Tobias and Brahm, Taiga}},
  keywords     = {{student attitudes, theory of planned behaviour, Einstellungsentwicklung, student motivation}},
  location     = {{Hildesheim}},
  publisher    = {{Institut für Psychologie}},
  title        = {{{Die Entwicklung studien-und hochschulbezogener Einstellungen an einer Wirtschaftsuniversität: eine qualitative Längsschnittstudie}}},
  year         = {{2013}},
}