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Interpersonal Factors Related to the Pursuit of a Higher Education Among First Generation Undergraduate Students

The typical educational stressors experienced by college students, in conjunction with developmental stressors such as separation from parents, individuation, and perceived social support, can interact to impact adaptation significantly. First generation college students (students who are the first in their family to attend college) can experience stressors beyond the typical educational stressors experienced by later generation college students, including lack of support from family and peers as well as financial difficulties that can interact to impact the pursuit of an education beyond the undergraduate level. The present study examined factors that may be especially influential in the pursuit of a higher education for first generation college students. Results indicated that aspects of family enmeshment were related to academic motivation for first generation students, but not for later generation students. Exploratory analysis showed that family and finances were mentioned more often among first generation students when compared to later generation students as stressors that strongly influence the desire to continue beyond the undergraduate level.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc149558
Date05 1900
CreatorsAguirre, Jacqueline S.
ContributorsJenkins, Sharon Rae, Murrell, Amy R., Callahan, Jennifer
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Aguirre, Jacqueline S., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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