Factors Related to the Social Adjustment of College Girls

Social Participation and Social Adjustment

“…J. N. Washburne found that those college girls most likely to be socially and emotionally well adjusted are those who are engaged in college activities-as one factor among several others. Washburne devised and used the Washburne Social-Adjustment Inventory as the measure of social adjustment in his study (6). In 1957, this researcher investigated the relationship between social participation and social adjustment, as well as other selected factors (1).…”

Assessment of happiness among young adults: A construct validation study

“…Subjective happiness was related to health and the ability to favorably describe oneself in early studies (Smith, 1961;Watson, 1930). The Importance of maintaining good health through participation in sports and similar types of activities was also observed (Bradburn & Caplovltz, 1965;Fellows, 1966;Washburne, 1941;Watson, 1930).…”

“…Identified in Wilson's (1967) review and supported by other researchers included: happy childhood memories (Barschak, 1951), youth (Bradburn & Caplovitz, 1965;Gurln, Veroff, & Feld, 1960;Kuhlen, 1948), success ful social relationships Including one's spouse (Bradburn & Caplovitz, 1965;Chassell, 1928(cited in Wilson, 1967, Gurln et al, 1960;Smith, 1961;Watson, 1930), reduced worrying (Bradburn & Caplovitz, 1965;Chassell, 1928(cited in Wilson, 1967; Gurln et al, 1960), high job morale (Bradburn & Caplovitz, 1965;Watson, 1930), favorable selfdescriptions (Smith, 1961;Watson, 1930), the ability to identify sources of happiness (Gurln et al, 1960;Laxer, 1964;Smith, 1961;Symonds, 1937), a stable home environment (Washburne, 1941;Watson, 1930), future optimism (Gurln et al, 1960), education (Bradburn & Caplovitz, 1965;Gurln et al, 1960), maintaining health, pursuing sports, and outside activities (Bradburn & Caplovltz, 1965;Fellows, 1966;Washburne, 1941;Watson, 1930), Intelligence quotient (Fellows, 1966;Washburne, 1941), socioeconomic status (Beckham, 1929;Bradburn & Caplovltz, 1965), reduced marital tension (Bradburn & Caplovltz, 1965), and religiosity…”

Humor, fitness, happiness, and cardiorespiratory after pulse as components of wellness

“…Social relationships, which included support from friends and family, were also apparent (Usager, 1948;Lawton, 1943;Watson, 1930). Wilson (1967) Correlates positively associated with happiness included happy childhood memories, youth, successful social relationships, reduced worrying, maintaining health, pursuing sports, and outside activities (Bradburn & Caplovitz, 1963;Fellows, 1966;Washburne, 1941).…”

“…In Gillespie's (1942) wartime study, the sample group of working-class adults identified many factors related to their happiness; one was humor, and others were security, knowledge, action, and beauty. Maintaining health, pursuing sports, and outside activities (Bradburn & Caplovitz, 1965;Fellows, 1966;Washburne, 1941;Watson, 1930) were summarized as correlating positively and associating with happiness in Wilson's Happiness Critique (cited in Wilson, 1967).…”