While a great deal of psychological research is conducted on college students, less has been done on their adaptation to college. These young adults, as they develop ego identity and differentiate themselves from parents and families, must adjust to the social and academic environment of college. Psychosocial adjustment predicts college retention better than academic predictors do. First generation college students face greater than typical challenges adapting to college. The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program exists to aid first generation, lower income undergraduate student who wish to pursue a doctoral degree. Self-definition scored from thematic apperceptive technique stories reflects an individual’s relative freedom from social role constraint. This study examined the role of self-definition and familial understanding and acceptance in this population as predictors of successful adaptation to college. While neither was found to be a significant predictor, family understanding and acceptance was found to be a more defining characteristic of this sample than was self-definition. This suggests that when social support is sufficient, individuals do not need to rely on self-definition.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc822821 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Vance, Jeffrey Michael |
| Contributors | Jenkins, Sharon Rae, Cox, Randall J. (Randall Judd), Boals, Adriel, 1973- |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | viii, 58 pages : illustration, Text |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | Public, Vance, Jeffrey Michael, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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