Supportive Others in the Lives of College Students and Their Relevance to Hope

Autor/in	Fruiht, Veronica M.
Titel	Supportive Others in the Lives of College Students and Their Relevance to Hope
Quelle	In: Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 17 (2015) 1, S.64-87 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1521-0251
DOI	10.1177/1521025115571104
Schlagwörter	College Students; Social Support Groups; Student Surveys; Mentors; Social Capital; Helping Relationship; Social Networks; Models; Developmental Psychology; Developmental Tasks; Expectation; Predictor Variables; Likert Scales; Regression (Statistics); Financial Support; Emotional Development; Goal Orientation; Values Clarification; Career Exploration; Educational Needs; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Schülerbefragung; Sozialkapital; Helfende Beziehung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Analogiemodell; Entwicklungspsychologie; Entwicklungsaufgabe; Expectancy; Erwartung; Prädiktor; Likert-Skala; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Finanzielle Förderung; Gefühlsbildung; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Wertbewusstsein; Berufserkundung; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Kalifornien
Abstract	This paper considers the functions of supportive individuals in the lives of community college and 4-year college students and how such support can promote hope, defined as agency and pathways thinking. We surveyed 181 college students regarding their supportive relationships and found that parents were most likely to be nominated as a primary source of support and that frequently these parents were considered mentors by students. Highlighting research on developmental networks and the overlap in developmental tasks between adolescence and emerging adulthood, we consider these supportive relationships as opportunities for mentorship in which college students may receive the forms of support more akin to adolescent mentoring than professional mentoring. Students endorsed statements about being supported in values exploration, goal setting, and problem solving, and students who received more support, specifically problem-solving support, were more likely to be high in hope. Practical implications and future directions are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01