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Charlot Colomès, A. A.; Duchesne, S.; Boisclair Châteauvert, G. – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2021
There is a broad literature that depicts the relationship between mothers' and teachers' autonomy support on students' adjustment at school; yet the mechanisms underlying this link have received less attention. Grounded in self-determination theory (SDT), the present study aimed to address this gap in the literature by testing a model where basic…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Student Adjustment, High School Students, Adolescents
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Closson, Leanna M.; Bond, Takara A. – Educational Psychology, 2019
Previous research suggests that students often use social network sites (SNS) as academic distractors, though little is known about the association between students' use of individual SNS and university adjustment. The present study examined academic outcomes associated with using Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram. University…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Social Media, Student Adjustment, Correlation
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Villatte, Aude; Marcotte, Diane; Potvin, Alexandra – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2017
This study aimed to identify and rank the personal, family-related, social, and academic correlates of depressive symptoms in first-year college students. A questionnaire that included the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) was administered to 389 first-year college students (mean age = 18.9; SD = 3.38; 59.4% female). Eight variables…
Descriptors: Correlation, Depression (Psychology), College Freshmen, Measures (Individuals)
Alsaffar, Abdullah – ProQuest LLC, 2017
With the number of international students at American universities increasing, it is imperative to understand their needs and to identify potential disabilities or challenges, in spite of cultural variations. In response, the goal of this thesis was to explore if there was a difference in how American students versus Middle Eastern (ME) students…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Disabilities, College Students, Student Attitudes
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Puff, Jayme; Kolomeyer, Ellen; McSwiggan, Meagan; Pearte, Catherine; Lauer, Brea-Anne; Renk, Kimberly – Journal of American College Health, 2016
Objective: This study examined relationships among emerging adults' perceived familial criticism, their depressive symptoms, and their college adaptation. Participants: The current study examined the responses of 412 emerging adults (300 females and 112 males) who were college students at a large southeastern university. The majority of these…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), College Students, Family Relationship
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Trevisan, Dominic; Birmingham, Elina – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
We examined the relationship between characteristics associated with autism spectrum disorder and college adjustment in a sample of neurotypical college students. Using the Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire and the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire, we found that higher levels of autism spectrum disorder characteristics were…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Genetics, Correlation
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Aimé, Annie; Villatte, Aude; Cyr, Caroline; Marcotte, Diane – Journal of American College Health, 2017
Over a third of American college students are either overweight or obese, which has been suggested to negatively impact their academic achievement. Objective: This study seeks to better understand the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and grade point average (GPA), while examining potential mediators of this association. Participants and…
Descriptors: College Students, Body Weight, Obesity, Academic Achievement
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Melendez, Mickey C. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2016
College student adjustment, success, and retention have been a focus of college administrators and student development professionals for decades. However, national college retention and graduation statistics are typically focused on traditional, residential, full-time, college populations. The purpose of the current study was to examine more…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, College Students, Higher Education, Urban Universities
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Abdullah, Maria Chong; Kong, Luo Lan; Talib, Abd Rahim – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2014
Purpose: This study was conducted to examine relationships between perceived social support, university adjustment and academic achievement of first semester students enrolled in various undergraduate programs in a Malaysian public university. Methodology: This study employed a quantitative approach with a descriptive correlation design to address…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Predictor Variables, Student Adjustment, Academic Achievement
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Brook, Christina A.; Willoughby, Teena – Developmental Psychology, 2016
University/college can be a challenging time as students face developmental tasks such as building new social networks and achieving academically. Social anxiety may be disadvantageous in this setting given that social situations often include drinking and individuals with social anxiety tend to self-medicate through alcohol use. However, findings…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Drinking, At Risk Students, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Davis, Gina R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Father involvement appears to be a significant factor in the success of African American children, resulting in positive psychosocial, behavioral, cognitive, and academic achievement outcomes beginning in toddlerhood and continuing through late adolescence. The present study assessed how involvement of African American fathers influences their…
Descriptors: Fathers, African Americans, Adjustment (to Environment), Academic Achievement
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Wintre, Maxine G.; Gates, Shawn K. E.; Pancer, W. Mark; Pratt, Michael S.; Polivy, Janet; Birnie-Lefcovitch, S.; Adams, Gerald – Journal of Youth Studies, 2009
A new scale, the Student Perception of University Support and Structure Scale (SPUSS), was developed for research on the transition to university. The scale was based on concepts derived from Baumrind's (1971) theory of parenting styles. Data were obtained from two separate cohorts of freshmen (n=759 and 397) attending six Canadian universities of…
Descriptors: Universities, Parenting Styles, Test Validity, Predictive Validity
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Buote, Vanessa M.; Pancer, S. Mark; Pratt, Michael W.; Adams, Gerald; Birnie-Lefcovitch, Shelly; Polivy, Janet; Wintre, Maxine Gallander – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2007
In a study of new friendships and adjustment among 1st-year university students, students at six Canadian universities completed questionnaires that assessed the quality of new friendships and adjustment during their first academic year. In-depth, face-to-face interviews about students' new friendships were conducted with a subsample of these…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Adjustment, Friendship, Student Attitudes