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Alberto F. Cabrera, Amaury Nora, Maria B. Castaneda, College Persistence: Structural Equations Modeling Test of an Integrated Model of Student Retention, The Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 64, No. 2 (Mar. - Apr., 1993), pp. 123-139
Cabrera et al. (Mon,) studied this question.