Relationship Between the Psychosocial Maturity of Entering College Freshmen and Their Expectations About College.

Waterman, Alan S.

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ERIC Number: EJ056513

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Publication Date: 1972

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Relationship Between the Psychosocial Maturity of Entering College Freshmen and Their Expectations About College

Waterman, Alan S.

Journal of Counseling Psychology, 19, 1, 42-46, Jan 72

Correlations were obtained between scores on personality variables reflecting the components of psychosocial development described by Erikson and measures of the expectations of college held by entering students. Results indicate that successful psychosocial development is related to high expectations concerning the faculty, the administration, the students, and the major field. (Author)

Descriptors: Aspiration, College Freshmen, Individual Characteristics, Personality Assessment, Personality Theories, Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics

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