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Ekwonye, Angela U.; DeLauer, Verna – Higher Education Studies, 2019
The present study investigated how spirituality, peer connections, and social integration relate to academic resiliency, academic self-efficacy, academic integration, and institutional commitment of college students who identify as female. A sample of 372 undergraduates (ages 18-26) at a Catholic University completed Mapworks survey containing…
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Church Related Colleges, Academic Achievement
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Sidelinger, Robert; Frisby, Brandi N. – Basic Communication Course Annual, 2019
Based on interactionalist theory, we longitudinally examined first-year experience basic communication courses for students' social integration and academic outcomes. Participants completed measures of proactivity, instructor rapport, classroom connectedness, participation, self-regulated and peer learning, and likelihood to persist in college.…
Descriptors: Social Integration, College Freshmen, Introductory Courses, Communication Skills
Hidalgo, Tracey A. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that influence international students' sense of belonging. An in-depth review of existing research on sense of belonging helped me identify 18 factors closely connected to the sense of belonging of international students. I categorized these factors into four groups: (a) academic integration,…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Attitudes, Student School Relationship, Social Integration
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Ash, Allison N.; Schreiner, Laurie A. – Christian Higher Education, 2016
This study explored the predictors of success among 1,536 students of color from 12 Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) member institutions. Student success was measured by examining students' intent to graduate along with the degree to which they were thriving intellectually, socially, and psychologically. The study utilized…
Descriptors: Christianity, Predictor Variables, Spiritual Development, Minority Group Students
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Lee, John Chi-Kin; Zhang, Zhonghua; Song, Huan – Educational Practice and Theory, 2011
This study proposed and tested in China a model of the direct effects of classroom learning environment on students' perceptions of quality of school life as well as on their sense of belonging in primary schools. The results of structural equation modeling analysis indicated that "class emphasis on learning and learning with peers" was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Environment, Student Attitudes, Elementary School Students
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Van Houtte, Mieke; Stevens, Peter A. J. – Sociology of Education, 2009
To advance social integration, policy makers strive for the educational desegregation of immigrant students in Flemish schools. Given the lack of empirical research supporting this policy, this article examines the association between the ethnic composition of schools and native and immigrant students' interethnic friendships, social…
Descriptors: School Segregation, Friendship, Immigrants, Foreign Countries
Chadsey, Janis G.; Shelden, Debra L. – 1998
This monograph discusses findings from a 3-year project that investigated strategies that could be used to promote the social integration and relationships between young adults with and without disabilities in supported employment settings. Four studies were conducted. The first study was a descriptive study that described the nature, development,…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Environmental Influences, Interpersonal Relationship
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Strain, Phillip S.; Kohler, Frank W. – Behavioral Disorders, 1995
This study examined the impact of play activities, teachers' predictions of children's sociability, and intervention fidelity variables on levels of interaction between three preschoolers with autism and their nondisabled peers. Results indicated that social reciprocity and peer effort correlated highly with children's levels of social…
Descriptors: Autism, Interaction, Interpersonal Competence, Peer Acceptance
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Griffin, Oris T. – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1991
Considers how institutions can retain minority group students (MGSs) and ensure that they obtain degrees. Discusses traits identified in the literature that affect MGSs' social integration, including student/student interactions, satisfaction with college life, social isolation, social support, and self-esteem. Institutions must meet students'…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Role, Higher Education, Life Satisfaction