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Elpus, Kenneth – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2022
This study explored the transition from secondary to postsecondary education among a national sample of students who had or had not studied music in high school. Using evidence from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009, a nationally representative longitudinal study of 21,440 American high school students who were ninth graders in the…
Descriptors: Music Education, Student Adjustment, High School Students, Longitudinal Studies
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Han, Suejung; Pistole, M. Carole; Caldwell, Jarred M. – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 2017
This study examined parental and professor attachment as buffers against acculturative stress and as predictors of college adjustment of 210 Asian international students (AISs). Moderated hierarchical regression analyses revealed that acculturative stress negatively and secure parental and professor attachment positively predicted academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Attachment Behavior, Student Adjustment, Acculturation
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Chi, Sung-Ae; Kim, SeongHyun; Kim, Nak-Heung – South African Journal of Education, 2018
The school adjustment of children is the cornerstone of their development, and has been known to be influenced by a variety of factors. This study investigated the effects of peer relationships, theory of mind (ToM), hot executive function (hot EF), and cognitive ability on young children's school adjustment. Participants were 183 children with a…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Peer Relationship, Theory of Mind, Executive Function
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Lenz, A. Stephen; Holman, Rachel L.; Lancaster, Chloe; Gotay, Stephanie G. – Journal of College Counseling, 2016
The authors examined the association between relational health and student adjustment to college. Data were collected from 138 undergraduate students completing their 1st semester at a large university in the mid-southern United States. Regression analysis indicated that higher levels of relational authenticity were a predictor of success during…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Health, Correlation, Undergraduate Students
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Liu, Sabrina R.; Kia-Keating, Maryam; Modir, Sheila – Journal of American College Health, 2017
Objectives: To understand predictors of first-year college adjustment in the context of collective trauma, including a school shooting. Participants: Two consecutive years of entering freshman (Year 1 (Y1) N = 169, Year 2 (Y2) N = 94) were surveyed over time: Y1 in October 2012 and March 2013, and Y2 in October 2013 and August 2014. During Y2,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Adjustment, Trauma, Violence
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Welchons, Leah Wildenger; McIntyre, Laura Lee – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2017
The transition to kindergarten is regarded as a critical early childhood developmental milestone with important implications for later school outcomes. Little prior research has focused on predictors of socio-behavioral kindergarten outcomes using longitudinal research designs. Further, few studies have examined kindergarten transition using…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, Predictor Variables, Social Influences
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Nur, Imray; Aktas-Arnas, Yasare; Abbak, Burcu Sultan; Kale, Mustafa – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2018
This research aims to investigate the contributions of Turkish pre-school children's levels of positive/ conflicting relationships with their mothers and close/conflicting relationships with their teachers in predicting their adjustment to school. The sample of the study consists of 190 six-year-old children attending public pre-schools in Adana…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Mothers, Children, Parent Child Relationship
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Turkpour, Azita; Mehdinezhad, Vali – International Education Studies, 2016
The aim of this study was to demonstrate the relation between social and academic support on student ability to adapt to college. Results demonstrated a weak and reverse relation between expression of support and personal ability to adapt and total adaptation. A direct relation was determined between emotional support and social adaptation and…
Descriptors: Academic Support Services, College Environment, College Students, Peer Relationship
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Bastien, Gilberte; Seifen-Adkins, Tanja; Johnson, Laura R. – Journal of International Students, 2018
Few studies have provided an examination of the academic component of acculturation. This study sought to extend the work in this area by examining factors impacting academic adjustment of international students in the US and compare results to factors of psychological adjustment. Predictors of academic adjustment were investigated with a sample…
Descriptors: Success, Student Adjustment, Academic Achievement, Acculturation
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Wayment, Heidi A.; West, Taylor N.; Craddock, Emily B. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2016
This study examined the unique contributions of compassion-related values and skills on stress and life satisfaction in two samples of first-year college students. Quiet ego, a measure of a compassionate self-identity, was associated with using relatively more compassionate interpersonal goals relative to self-image goals. Self-compassion and, to…
Descriptors: Values, Self Concept, Student Adjustment, Stress Variables
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Lucero, Jessica L.; Barrett, Courtenay; Jensen, Hilary – Children & Schools, 2015
Early delinquency has received considerably less scholarly attention than adolescent delinquency. Early delinquency is of great concern to school social workers, as it may lead to problematic behaviors in adolescence and future involvement with the juvenile justice system. Using an ecological framework, authors used data from the Fragile Families…
Descriptors: Delinquency, School Social Workers, Behavior Problems, Ecological Factors
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Chavoshi, Saeid; Wintre, Maxine Gallander; Dentakos, Stella; Wright, Lorna – Journal of International Students, 2017
The current study proposes a Developmental Sequence Model to University Adjustment and uses a multifaceted measure, including academic, social and psychological adjustment, to examine factors predictive of undergraduate international student adjustment. A hierarchic regression model is carried out on the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Foreign Students, Grade Point Average, Undergraduate Students
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Lopez, Carlos; Jones, Stephanie J. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
There are a limited number of individuals who possess the skills to fulfill the workforce demand in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) in the United States. Therefore, community colleges and 4-year institutions must be able to identify academic and social factors that impact students' participation in the areas of STEM. These…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges, College Transfer Students
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Neto, Félix; Wilks, Daniela C. – Journal of College Student Development, 2017
We examined the predictors of psychological adaptation regarding subjective well-being and loneliness among international students. The sample included 243 Cape Verdean students attending Portuguese universities, and the control group was composed by 265 native-born Portuguese students. The latter group reported higher levels of well-being and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Student Adjustment, Foreign Students
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D'Amico, Mark M.; Dika, Sandra L.; Elling, Theodore W.; Algozzine, Bob; Ginn, Donna J. – Research in Higher Education, 2014
The purpose of this study was to explore academic and social integration and other outcomes for community college transfer students. The study used Tinto's ("Leaving college: Rethinking the causes and cures of student attrition," 1993) "Longitudinal Model of Institutional Departure" and Deil-Amen's ("J Higher…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Social Integration
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