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Direct linkMónica Cassaretto; Patty Vilela; Miguel Dávila; María Fernanda Páramo; María Soledad Rodríguez – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the short version of the Spanish Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ-50, Spanish version). Participants: 1513 students from 14 universities in Peru, mainly females (61.5%), aged between 18 and 30 years. Method: Cross-sectional study with the questionnaire administered in person.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Questionnaires, Student Adjustment
Download full textGravini Donado, Marbel Lucia; Mercado-Peñaloza, Mabel; Dominguez-Lara, Sergio – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2021
The aim of this research is to assess the internal structure and reliability of the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ) in a sample comprising 739 students (64% of them women), attending second-half classes at a private university in the Caribbean Region of Colombia. The SACQ is a 67-item self-report that evaluates four aspects…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Private Colleges, Student Adjustment
Hathcoat, John D.; Cho, Yoonjung; Kim, Sungah – Journal of College and Character, 2013
The purpose of the present study was to evaluate psychometric evidence for the Perceived Collegiate Religious Dissonance Scale among calibration ("n" = 425) and validation ("n" = 326) samples of self-identified Christian undergraduate students. Perceived collegiate religious dissonance is defined as emotional tension resultant…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Undergraduate Students, Christianity, Factor Analysis
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
Cooper, Stewart E.; Robinson, Debra A. G. – 1988
This study was conducted to investigate the expected and actual adjustment of a select sample of students, engineering and science majors, at a public university in a rural midwestern community. Matriculating freshmen (N=247) who were engineering and science students completed the anticipated adjustment form of the Student Adaptation to College…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Engineering Education, Expectation, Higher Education
Krotseng, Marsha V. – 1991
With the dwindling of the traditional college applicant pool, retention has become one of higher educational institutions' top priorities. This study addresses the effectiveness of Western Psychological Services'"Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire" (SACQ) for providing early evidence of poor adjustment and potential attrition…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Declining Enrollment, Dropout Characteristics
