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Adjustment to College in Nonresidential First-Year Students: The Roles of Stress, Family, and Coping

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Gefen, Dalia R.; Fish, Marian C. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2013

This study explored factors related to college adjustment in nonresidential first-year students. It was hypothesized that stress, family functioning, and coping strategies would predict academic, personal-emotional, and social adjustment in addition to institutional attachment. The sample comprised 167 first-year college students (ages 18-23)…

Descriptors: Coping, Stress Variables, College Freshmen, Student Adjustment

Student Adaptation to College as a Predictor of Academic Success: An Exploratory Study of Black Undergraduate Education Students.

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Gold, J.; And Others – 1990

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the perceptions of black undergraduate students of their adjustment to a predominantly white university and academic success. The responses of a sample of 29 black freshman education majors at a midwestern university on the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ) were…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Black Students, College Freshmen

Humor and College Adjustment: The Predictive Nature of Humor, Academic Achievement, Authoritative Parenting Styles on the Initial Adjustment of Male and Female First-Year College Students

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Hickman, Gregory P.; Andrews, David W. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2003

A self-report questionnaire on academic achievement, birth order, and family structure; the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire; the Parental Authority Questionnaire; and the Coping Humor Scale were administered to 257 first-year college students. Researchers examined the relationships among (a) authoritative parenting style, (b) family…

Descriptors: College Students, Student Adjustment, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Questionnaires