Childhood temperament and its effects on adjustment to college

<p>The purpose of this study was to determine whether temperaments seen in early childhood would have an effect on adjustment throughout life, especially during adjustment to college. Specifically, the researcher hypothesized that children with easy temperaments would have an easier time adjusting to college; whereas, children with slow-to-warm-up or difficult temperaments would have a more difficult time adjusting to college. A self-created survey was distributed to 30 undergraduate psychology students at Rowan University. The survey consisted of temperament and adjustment measures. Correlations were run using SPSS in order to determine the effects of temperament on adjustment to college. While the data did not yield significant results, some interesting trends were uncovered.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. in School Psychology

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Services and Leadership

Year dc:date.available

2009

Author dc:creator

• Prim, Ashley L.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dihoff, Roberta
• Klanderman, John

• College students--Psychology; Student adjustment
• Educational Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/659

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:rdw.rowan.edu:etd-1658