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“I deserve success”: Academic entitlement attitudes and their relationships with course self-efficacy, social networking, and demographic variables

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This study investigated differences in university students’ academic entitlement (AE) by demographic group (sex, college class, college generational status) as well as AE’s relationship with self-efficacy for college coursework and social networking. It also investigated predictors of AE in first-generation (FG) students and continuing-generation (CG) students. Participants were 313 undergraduates at a south-central U.S. university. Males reported significantly greater AE than females. No differences in AE were found by college class or generational status. AE was significantly correlated with college course self-efficacy and social network use. College course self-efficacy, sex, and social network use predicted AE in CG students; however, in FG students, AE was predicted by college course self-efficacy alone. Implications for future research are presented.

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Boswell, S.S. “I deserve success”: Academic entitlement attitudes and their relationships with course self-efficacy, social networking, and demographic variables. Soc Psychol Educ 15, 353–365 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-012-9184-4

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