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Lane, Forrest C.; Martin, Georgianna L.; Henson, Robin K. – Journal of College Student Development, 2015
Institutional belonging has been connected in the literature to college student well-being, achievement, persistence, and retention. However, much of this literature uses a one-dimensional scale to examine this construct. The University Attachment Scale (UAS; France, Finney, & Swerdzewski, 2010) is a multidimensional instrument with purported…
Descriptors: College Students, Attachment Behavior, Group Membership, Group Unity
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Yazedjian, Ani; Toews, Michelle L.; Navarro, Alice – Journal of College Student Development, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine whether college adjustment mediated the relationship between parental factors, such as parental attachment, parental education, and parental expectations, and academic achievement among White and Hispanic first-year college students. We found that adjustment mediated the relationship between parental…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Grade Point Average, Racial Differences, Academic Achievement