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Direct linkAmanda Cox; Sarah L. Boyle; Elissa Newby-Clark; Margaret N. Lumley – Journal of College Student Development, 2025
Sixty percent of students experience the death of a close person at some point in their post-secondary studies. This life stage is characterized by cognitive, academic, social, physical, emotional, and identity-related stressors which together may also intensify grief. Importantly, post-secondary students' unique needs may not be addressed by…
Descriptors: Death, Grief, College Students, Coping
Harris, Jessica C. – Journal of College Student Development, 2017
Using a racial microaggressions analytic framework and critical multiracial theory, this research explored multiracial campus professionals' experiences with multiracial microaggressions. Three themes were generated from the narratives of 24 multiracial campus professionals, including Denial of a Multiracial Reality, Assumption of a Monoracial…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Minority Group Teachers, Racial Bias, Critical Theory
Dong, Shengli; Lucas, Margaretha S. – Journal of College Student Development, 2014
Increasing numbers of students with disabilities attend colleges and universities after graduation from high school, but studies show that students with disabilities lag behind academically and fail to make progress and complete academic programs at a level and a timeframe comparable to their peers without disabilities. Studies are needed that…
Descriptors: College Students, Disabilities, Psychological Patterns, Profiles
Kirsch, Alexandra C.; Conley, Colleen S.; Riley, Tracey J. – Journal of College Student Development, 2015
We compared a matched sample of heterosexual and lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) students on 5 psychosocial adjustment composites, longitudinally across the transitional first year of college. Both LGB and heterosexual students experienced a significant increase in psychological distress over the first semester, along with significant decreases…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Homosexuality, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation
Mattanah, Jonathan F.; Ayers, Jean F.; Brand, Bethany L.; Brooks, Leonie J.; Quimby, Julie L.; McNary, Scot W. – Journal of College Student Development, 2010
This study examined effects of a peer-led social support group intervention on college adjustment. Ninety first-year students, randomly assigned to participate in the intervention, reported higher levels of perceived social support and reduced loneliness when compared to controls (n = 94), after accounting for preintervention levels on these…
Descriptors: Intervention, Student Adjustment, Social Adjustment, Social Support Groups
O'Reilly, Aileen; Ryan, Dermot; Hickey, Tina – Journal of College Student Development, 2010
This article reports on an empirical study of the psychosocial adaptation of international students in Ireland. Using measures of social support, loneliness, stress, psychological well-being, and sociocultural adaptation, data were obtained from international students and a comparison sample of Irish students. The study found that, although…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Well Being
