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Bohnert, Amy M.; Aikins, Julie Wargo; Arola, Nicole T. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2013
Although organized activities (OAs) have been established as important contexts of development, limited work has examined the role of OAs across the high school transition in buffering adolescents' social adjustment by providing opportunities for visibility and peer affiliation. The transition to high school is characterized by numerous changes…
Descriptors: Social Adjustment, High School Students, Peer Relationship, Depression (Psychology)
Bejerano, Arleen R. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Adaptation, or adjustment, is a psycho-social process that occurs when an individual accepts and integrates into his or her life a transition from one situation to another situation (Schlossberg, 1981). Many individuals struggle with transitions because transitions involve changes in the environment, roles, routines, and/or ways of looking at the…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Coping, Student Adjustment, Developmental Tasks