This study focused on the degree to which the clusters established as part of a new general education system at the University of California, Los Angeles promoted an opportunity for increased academic integration for first-year students enrolled in the clusters as compared to first-year students in the typical general education curriculum. The…

Examined the academic adjustment and learning processes of 21 local and international first-year students at an Australian university, and identified critical incidents that helped or hindered learning. Students described their behaviors and thoughts related to these incidents. Discusses the impact of particular teaching processes and implications…

Found, through survey data analysis, that students whose personality type was incongruent with the environment of their major gained about equally in abilities and interests pertinent to that environment as students with congruent personalities. Interpreted results in terms of a socialization dynamic being more prevalent than a personality…

This exploratory case study focuses on a returning Hispanic combat veteran and his perceptions and experiences regarding transition from a military setting to a higher education setting. Focus is placed on a cohort-based transition educational program of studies designed to provide coping skills that foster resiliency so as to minimize…

This study examined relationships between hardiness, college adjustment (academic adjustment, social adjustment, personal-emotional adjustment, institutional attachment) and eating disorder (ED) continuum categories in 122 female and 20 male college students. Students who exhibited a higher level of personal-emotional adjustment (PEA) to college…

This paper describes a qualitative study regarding the problem of retaining students in college engineering programs where roughly 50% of students drop out. The study focuses on interviews of students who participated in the pre-engineering program at Auburn University in Alabama. Twenty-four students were interviewed representing the sub-groups…

To determine the status of emotionally handicapped children who had attended a psychoeducational intensive day treatment facility and to explore procedures for long term assessment, a followup telephone interview was undertaken with 37 parents or guardians of the elementary program clients. It was found that the children are for the most part…

This study assessed the association between two types of peer relations: sociometric status and dyadic friendship. A sample of 139 second- and third-graders completed a sociometric interview and the Friendship Relations Questionnaire. A subsample of 44 mutual friendship pairs were observed in free play. Friendship patterns were scored with the…

Despite increased interest in real life problem solving with both children and adults, the question of whether problem solving is related to psychological adjustment remains unanswered. To examine whether college students' self-appraisal of their problem solving skills is related to their psychological adjustment, 671 students took the Problem…

To investigate the relationship between perceived self-competence and other variables affecting the successful adjustment and achievement of students, 400 fourth through seventh graders were surveyed using the Perceived Competence Scale for Children (PCSC), the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS), which consists of two scales,…

Rather than examining stress at the level of individuals, as is usually done, this study looked at stress at the institutional level or from an "administrative perspective." The purpose was to measure changes in levels of stress in schools over the academic year. Schools sampled included three public high schools in Salinas, California. The…

The problem of teaching industrial arts to students with special educational needs is addressed. Some of the handicaps of special education students are considered, including retardation, sight, hearing, neurological, orthopedic, and gross motor problems, learning disabilities, emotional disturbances, and multiple handicaps. The prevocational…

The short-term (45-day) stability of the Adjustment Scales for Children and Adolescents (P. McDermott, N. Marston, and D. Stott, 1993) was studied with 51 first and fifth graders, seven of whom were classified as "exceptional/disabled." Significant test-retest reliability coefficients were obtained, and mean differences from test to…

This paper highlights the use of analogies and metaphors in counseling sessions with a focus on the college freshman experience as a living, contemporary example of how clients may experience mythic themes in their lives. Drawing from the ideas of Joseph Campbell, characters found in classical Greek mythology, as well as contemporary myths as…

Little is known about the reverse culture shock experience of Americans who have lived abroad. Many of these Americans are dependent youth who, after completing high school abroad, return to the United States for college; reverse culture shock may impact the academic experiences of these returnees. This study (n=66) examined the relationships…