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It's Who I Am: Student Identity Centrality and College Student Success
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Bowman, Nicholas A.; Felix, Vivienne – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2017
Despite considerable research on student retention and persistence, college graduation rates remain modest. This article proposes the concept of student identity centrality, which is defined as the extent to which being a student is important to one's self-image or identity. This study found student identity centrality was positively related to…
Descriptors: Success, College Students, School Holding Power, Academic Persistence
The Role of Psychological Symptomatology and Social Support in the Academic Adjustment of Previously Deployed Student Veterans
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Campbell, Robyn; Riggs, Shelley A. – Journal of American College Health, 2015
Context: Research has indicated that returning Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) veterans are experiencing mental health concerns following deployment. Increasing numbers of veterans are enrolling in higher education institutions; there is a scarcity of empirical research investigating student veterans' experiences as…
Descriptors: Veterans, College Students, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Mental Health
Are Students Really Connected? Predicting College Adjustment from Social Network Usage
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Raacke, John; Bonds-Raacke, Jennifer – Educational Psychology, 2015
The rapid growth in popularity of social networking sites has spurred research exploring the impact of usage in a variety of areas. The current study furthered this line of research by examining the relationships between social network usage and adjustment to college in the academic, social, personal-emotional and university affiliation domains.…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Student Adjustment, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Adjustment to College among Lower Division Students with Disabilities: An Exploratory Study
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McNulty, Kristy Lee Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study utilized a quality of life framework of psychosocial adaptation to explore relationships among college stress, functional limitations, coping strategies, and perceived social suport in adjustment to college among first-year and second-year undergraduate students with disabilities, based on specific hypothesized relations. College…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Adjustment, Disabilities, Stress Variables
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
Native American Racial Identity Development and College Adjustment at Two-Year Institutions
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Watson, Joshua C. – Journal of College Counseling, 2009
In this study, a series of simultaneous multiple regression analyses were conducted to examine the relationship between racial identity development and college adjustment for a sample of 76 Choctaw community college students in the South. Results indicated that 3 of the 4 racial identity statuses (dissonance, immersion-emersion, and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Institutions, Racial Identification, College Students