Interracial Social Comfort and Its Relationship to Adjustment to College

Autor/inn/en	McDonald, Scott D.; Vrana, Scott R.
Titel	Interracial Social Comfort and Its Relationship to Adjustment to College
Quelle	In: Journal of Negro Education, 76 (2007) 2, S.130-140 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2984
Schlagwörter	Counselor Training; White Students; Student Adjustment; College Students; Social Adjustment; Student Attitudes; School Orientation; Social Attitudes; Measures (Individuals); Regression (Statistics); Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Collegestudent; Soziale Anpassung; Schülerverhalten; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Messdaten; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	The present study examined the effects of interracial social comfort on college adjustment for 45 Black and 82 White students at a predominantly-White university. Black students reporting more comfort with Whites, regardless of level of comfort with Blacks, experienced better college adjustment. Furthermore, more social comfort with Blacks enhanced adjustment for Black students reporting less comfort with Whites. For White students, more social comfort with Whites and less social comfort with Blacks were associated with better adjustment. However, the effects of social comfort on adjustment were substantially greater for Black students. Results are discussed in terms of implications for student orientation programs and opportunities for future research. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10