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Goward, Shonda L. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study is to understand how social class background plays a role in student experiences on selective campuses. This study centers the experience of low-income students and extends the work of Ostrove and Long (2007). Previous research has indicated that race, gender, and social class status have each, respectively, been…
Descriptors: Social Class, Scores, Student Adjustment, Emotional Adjustment
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Sarigiani, Pamela A.; Trumbell, Jill M.; Camarena, Phame M. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2013
Electronic communications technologies (ECTs) help college students and parents remain in contact. Because recent reports have emphasized a link between ECTs, helicopter parenting, and autonomy issues, this study focused on the significance of contact patterns for attachment and student adjustment. First-semester college students (199 female, 81…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Computer Mediated Communication, Parenting Styles, Personal Autonomy
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Hiester, Marnie; Nordstrom, Alicia; Swenson, Lisa M. – Journal of College Student Development, 2009
This study examined the relationship between parental attachment, changes in parental attachment, and psychological functioning and adjustment for college freshmen. Twice during the first semester, 271 freshmen completed self-report measures of parental attachment, psychological distress, self-competence, and college adjustment. Higher attachment…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Attachment Behavior, Psychology, Parent Child Relationship