Measuring adjustment to college.

Abstract

Research on a scale measuring adjustment to college is described. A 52-item self-report Likert-type scale, yielding indices of four aspects of adjustment as well as a full-scale score, was administered once each semester in each of 3 successive academic years to samples of freshman students. Reliability data for the scale as a whole and for the several subscales individually are presented, and validity is assessed through examination of the relationship between the subscales and several independent variables expected to be differentially relevant to the subscales. Criterion variables employed were attrition, appeals for services from a psychological services center, freshman year grade point average, election to an academic honorary society, a social activities checklist, and decisions regarding applications for dormitory assistant positions. Implications for use of the scale in counseling and other remedial interventions are discussed.

Conceptualizing parental autonomy support: Adolescent perceptions of promotion of independence versus promotion of volitional functioning.

“…As in Study 1, three scales were administered to tap three dimensions of psychosocial functioning (i.e., depression, self-esteem, and social well-being). These instruments were as follows: (a) a 12-item version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression scale (Radloff, 1977), the full version of which was used and described in Study 1 (Cronbach's alpha was .79); (b) Rosenberg's (1965) self-esteem scale (see Study 1 for a description; Cronbach's alpha was .90); and (c) a brief 10-item version of the Social Adjustment subscale of the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (Baker & Siryk, 1984), which taps how well students deal with interpersonal experiences at college. Items were answered on a 5-point Likert-type rating scale (ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree).…”

New students' psychological well‐being and its relation to first year academic performance in a UK university

“…Another perspective is that the first year of university is a year of adjustment (Baker and Siryk 1984) where student well-being is as likely to be linked to social, domestic and financial challenges as academic performance. Strahan (2003) has suggested that institutions vary in the demands that they place on students and thus in the potential for anxieties to impact on adjustment-related well-being and academic performance.…”

Differences between Major Satisfaction, University Life Adjustment, Self-Esteem and Career Identity according to the Time of Department Selection of Students in the Department of Occupational Therapy at One University

“…이 는 학생들이 학업면, 대인관계 및 사회적 요구와 관련된 사회면, 심리적 또는 신체적인 개인-정서면, 대학환경면 에서 대학생활의 요구에 대처하는 적절한 반응을 뜻한다 [17,18]. 대학생활적응을 측정하기 위해 Baker와 …”