TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES ………………………………………………………………………………………. iv
LIST OF FIGURES …………………………………………………………………………………….. v
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS …………………………………………………………………………….. vi
ABSTRACT …………………………………………………………………………………………… vii
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………………….. 1
The Importance of Academic Major Satisfaction in a Counseling Context …….. 1
Academic Major Satisfaction and Self-Determination Theory ……………………… 2
Environmental Supports for Academic Major Satisfaction …………………………… 4
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW ……………………………………………………… 9
Self-Determination Theory ………………………………………………………………………. 9
Academic Major Satisfaction ……………………………………………………………………. 15
Measuring Environmental Factors …………………………………………………………….. 22
Basic Psychological Needs and the Environment ………………………………………… 26
The Present Study …………………………………………………………………………………… 26
CHAPTER 3 METHODS …………………………………………………………………………. 28
Design …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 28
Participants …………………………………………………………………………………………… 28
Measures ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 29
Procedure ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 35
Hypotheses …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 36
CHAPTER 4 RESULTS …………………………………………………………………………… 37
Preliminary Analyses ………………………………………………………………………………. 37
Main Analyses ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 41
Additional Analyses ………………………………………………………………………………… 47
CHAPTER 5 DISCUSSION ……………………………………………………………………… 51
Hypotheses …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 51
Implications …………………………………………………………………………………………… 55
Limitations …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 58
Future Directions ……………………………………………………………………………………. 59
REFERENCES ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 61
APPENDIX A. FACULTY INTEGRATION ………………………………………………….. 80
APPENDIX B. STUDENT INTEGRATION …………………………………………………… 81
APPENDIX C. PERCEIVED VOLITIONAL AUTONOMY ……………………………. 82
APPENDIX D. PERCEIVED COMPETENCE ……………………………………………….. 83
APPENDIX E. ACADEMIC SELF-EFFICACY SUBSCALE…………………………… 84
APPENDIX F. PERCEIVED RELATEDNESS SUBSCALE ……………………………. 85
APPENDIX G. THE ACADEMIC MAJOR SATISFACTION SCALE ……………… 86
APPENDIX H. DEMOGRAPHICS QUESTIONNAIRE ………………………………….. 87
APPENDIX I. ACADEMIC MAJOR CERTAINTY SCALE ……………………………. 88
APPENDIX J. INFORMED CONSENT …………………………………………………………. 89
APPENDIX K. IRB APPROVAL ………………………………………………………………….. 91