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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"college adjustment"”.
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The Relationship Between Freshman College Student Satisfaction and College Adjustment
… I explored the relationship between freshman college student satisfaction and college adjustment. Using the College Student Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSSQ) and the College Adjustment Scale (CAS), the "Interpersonal Problems" subscale was found to be moderately predictive of college student …
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A model of college adjustment for students with physical disabilities
… that affect students with disabilities and their adjustment to college. The emphasis of the model is on prediction of college adjustment and commitment to continue at the same university. The variables examined were chosen based on their importance in the college adjustment and rehabilitation …
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An Attachment Theory Perspective on the College Adjustment of International Students
… environment variables on international students’ college adjustment, few studies have considered the contributions of dispositional variables and intrapsychological processes that affect their transitional adjustment. Purpose: This study seeks to examine a theory-driven model using a short-term …
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College adjustment, depressive symptoms and peer support among undergraduate university students
Background: College adjustment is a developmental milestone that can be stressful and may lead to mental health problems such as depression. Support during this adjustment period is seen as essential, however it is unknown if informal peer support from fellow students has any impact on either …
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The college adjustment process of fifteen conditionally admitted adult students at Indiana University East
… East (IU East) to gain insights into the college adjustment process of those students. Through a series of four interviews, the researcher studied factors affecting the college adjustment process of the participants in the study.Participants reported being motivated to enter college as a …
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Multiple Predictors of College Adjustment and Academic Performance for Undergraduates in Their First Semester
College success, as defined by adjustment to college and academic performance, is a multidetermined with a number of contributing influences, including academic factors, personality variables, family characteristics, and environmental factors. This study attempted to provide an organizing model of …
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A Further Exploration of College Student Attrition: The Predicative Validity of the College Adjustment Scales
… psychological problems, as measured by the College Adjustment Scales, predict college attrition. For Hypothesis One, 423 subjects were used to assess the predictability of the nine College Adjustment Scales. Using logistic regression, Substance Abuse problems was the only scale found to …
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A Study of the Relationship Between Psychological Androgyny and College Adjustment Among Korean American College Students
<p><em>Problem.</em> The process of adjusting to college has been difficult for many Korean-Americans because of the tension that exists between traditional sex roles versus androgynous sex roles. While it has opened doors to new and exciting opportunities in personal growth, complex challenges of …
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The impact of a mentoring relationship on college adjustment and college-related stress for first-year, first-generation college students
… form of coping for first-year, first generation college students (FGCS), would assist in reducing college-related stress and improving level of college adjustment. Experiences of first-year FGCS, who self-identify as either having or not having a mentoring relationship, were evaluated. A …
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The development and validation of a new instrument to assess the role of social media in college adjustment for undergraduate students
Undergraduate university and college students are increasingly using social media to overcome college adjustment challenges such as creating social networks, maintaining old friendships and confronting academic pressures. Areas that remain unexplored in the college adjustment literature comprise of …
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Assessing Item and Scale Sensitivity to Therapeutic Change on the College Adjustment Scales: Working Toward a Counseling Center Specific Outcome Questionnaire
Many college counseling centers use outcome measures to track therapeutic change for their clientele. These questionnaires have traditionally looked primarily at a client's symptom distress (e.g. depression, anxiety, suicidality, etc.) and are used to detect changes in the client's life that are …
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It's not all about classrooms: examining the importance of club sports
… related to higher social integration and better college adjustment compared to students who are not involved in those sports (Danbert, Ivarnik, McNeil, & Washington, 2013; Forrester, 2015; Lindsey & Sessoms, 2006; Lindsey, Sessoms, & Willis, 2009; Phipps et al., 2015). The primary purpose of this …
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College adjustment of African-American students on a predominantly White college campus: The importance of gender, year in college, high school background and social support
… between social support and two indices of college adjustment (grade point average and satisfaction with college) among 268 African American college students attending a predominantly White, midwestern university. Two sources of support (home-based and university-based) and two types of …
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College Student Adjustment: Examination Of Personal And Environmental Characteristics
<p>This study used a multi-dimensional model of college adjustment to examine the relationships between multiple layers of personal influences and college adjustment (academic, social, personal/emotional, attachment to the institution, and overall adjustment) among emerging adults in a large urban …
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Divine discrimination: gender harassment and Christian justification
… attribution on gender harassment predicting college adjustment for college women using a mixed-methods approach rooted in feminist theoretical perspectives. Two hundred twenty-three female-identified students attending a Catholic university in a large, urban city completed the Gender …
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The Effects of Encouraging Student-Faculty Interaction on Academic Success, Identity Development, and Student Retention in the First Year of College
… encouraging student-faculty interaction among college students on their academic achievement, college adjustment and intent to withdraw. Additionally, the effects of identity style on academic achievement, college adjustment, and student-faculty interaction were examined. Two hundred and five …
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College Students' Well Being: The Role Of Parent-college Student Expectation Discrepancies And Communication
Parental influence on college students' well being is underestimated frequently in the developmental literature. College students often set social and academic goals according to their perception of what their parents expect from them. The discrepancy between college students' performance and their …
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The Relationship of Parental Attachment, Peer Attachment, and Self-Concept to the Adjustment of First-Year College Students
The transition to college is usually the first time many late adolescents live apart from their parents for an extended period, making it an important developmental task (Kenny, 1987) that requires a variety of adaptational resources. Bowlby's (1969/1982, 1973, 1980) attachment theory has been …
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Stress as a Cultural Tool in Higher Education
<p>This study focuses on how two groups of college freshmen, the traditional age and nontraditional age students use the word stress as a cultural tool in their college adjustment process. This topic is explored through Vygotsky’s concept of language understood as a cultural tool, enacting meaning …
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