High Expectations for Higher Education? Perceptions of College and Experiences of Stress Prior to and through the College Career

Autor/in	Krieg, Dana Balsink
Titel	High Expectations for Higher Education? Perceptions of College and Experiences of Stress Prior to and through the College Career
Quelle	In: College Student Journal, 47 (2013) 4, S.635-643 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0146-3934
Schlagwörter	College Students; Higher Education; Expectation; Comparative Analysis; Stress Variables; Social Adjustment; Student Adjustment; Social Networks; Small Colleges; Rural Schools; Measures (Individuals); Questionnaires; Student Surveys; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Correlation; Prediction; Brief Symptom Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Expectancy; Erwartung; Soziale Anpassung; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; College; Colleges; Oberschule; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Messdaten; Fragebogen; Schülerbefragung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Korrelation; Vorhersage
Abstract	Increasing numbers of students are experiencing difficulty adjusting to college. Violated expectations of college may increase the stress experienced across the college career. Therefore, 36 college students were assessed prior to matriculation, during the first year and during the senior year. Expectations and experiences of academics, social life, family involvement, and satisfaction with the chosen college were compared. Students' experiences generally did not differ from their expectations, except regarding increased involvement with family. Violated expectations of academic demands predicted stress during the first and senior years. Violated expectations regarding social experiences predicted stress in the vulnerable first year. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10