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Chang-Kredl, Sandra; Garlen, Julie; Sonu, Debbie; Farley, Lisa – Teaching Education, 2022
This study draws from theories of attachment to examine prospective teachers' reflections on the role of the parent in their childhood memories in shaping the imagination of their future selves. As part of a larger qualitative study, we collected and analyzed the memory narratives of teacher candidates and undergraduate students preparing to work…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Undergraduate Students, Personal Narratives, Parents
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Kolkhorst, Brittany B.; Yazedjian, Ani; Toews, Michelle L. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2010
This study examined the connection between the parent-adult child attachment relationship, adjustment, and achievement among a sample of 168 college students and explored how the attachment relationship changed over time. Our findings indicated the attachment variables were all positively related to adjustment to college during years one and three…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Parent Student Relationship, Attachment Behavior, Student Adjustment
Pilotte, Catherine – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined how first-year undergraduates' family background characteristics (i.e., first-generation status and low family income) and individual attributes (i.e., sex, motivation, and best friend attachment) are related to institutional integration (faculty and student integration). Low and non-low family income students (N = 961)…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Freshmen, Family Characteristics, Low Income Groups
Crabtree, Polly – CURRENTS, 2011
Parents present something of a conundrum to higher education administrators. They know that parents play a very important role in student success, especially during the first year, but institutions are also committed to ensuring that students successfully transition from childhood to adulthood. While they want to encourage parent involvement in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Liberal Arts
Pracana, Clara, Ed. – Online Submission, 2014
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends 2014, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 4 to 6 of April. Psychology, in our time, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and behavioral…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Foreign Countries, Intervention, Prevention
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Schwartz, Jonathan P.; Buboltz, Walter C. – Journal of College Student Development, 2004
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between attachment to parents and psychological separation in college students. Three hundred sixty-eight undergraduate students completed the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (Armsden & Greenberg, 1987) and the Psychological Separation Inventory (Hoffman, 1984). Results…
Descriptors: Parents, Undergraduate Students, Parent Student Relationship, Attachment Behavior