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Johnson, Vanessa Kahen; Gans, Susan E.; Kerr, Sandra; LaValle, William – Journal of College Student Development, 2010
Using a self-reported assessment of 320 first-time college students, we tested the hypothesis that one's ability to manage emotion moderates the relationship between family environment and college adjustment. Results add to growing evidence that the way one views one's whole family environment during the emerging adulthood years is linked to one's…
Descriptors: Social Adjustment, Coping, Family Environment, Emotional Adjustment
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Johnson, Vanessa K.; Kerr, Sandra; Gans, Susan E.; Bierschwale, Deborah – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2009
The present study compares college adjustment among emerging adults beginning college in 2000 (before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks) and in 2001 (three weeks before 9/11). A prospective longitudinal design was used to follow 41 students throughout their first college year. Participants completed questionnaires about symptoms of anxiety…
Descriptors: Violence, Terrorism, Questionnaires, Social Adjustment