Social Class and Belonging: Implications for College Adjustment

Social class and belonging: Implications for college adjustment

Facebook Fiends: Compulsive Social Networking and Adjustment to College

The use of Social Network Sites (SNS) has been associated with both positive and negative effects on adolescents. To untangle these conflicting findings, the present research investigates relationships among differing indicators of SNS use and indices of academic, social and psychological adjustment in a population of first year college students in the United States. Compulsive use rather than ...

Deaf college students' perceptions of their social-emotional adjustment.

This study examined differences between deaf and hearing students' perceptions of their social emotional adjustment as they transition to college. The 16PF-Adolescent Personality Questionnaire Life Difficulties Scale was completed by 205 deaf students and 185 hearing students. A multivariate analyses of variance and subsequent univariate tests found that deaf students rated themselves as experi...

The Role of Social Support in Veterans’ College Adjustment

The number of military service members and veterans entering college is increasing with the Post 9/11 GI Bill. Many returning service members arrive on college campuses battling physical or psychological disabilities. Little is known about current levels of support for student veterans on college campuses. Survey results from 128student veterans/military at twoand four-year institutions were an...

Serious social media: On the use of social media for improving students' adjustment to college

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