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Personality as a Predictor of First-Semester Adjustment to College: The Mediational Role of Perceived Social Support
✍ Scribed by Kara M. Lidy; Jeffrey H. Kahn
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 78 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1099-0399
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✦ Synopsis
Personality was hypothesized to predict college adjustment because of the role of perceived social support. A sample of 111 freshmen completed measures of personality, perceived social support, and college adjustment twice in their 1st semester. Perceived social support mediated the relationships between 3 personality factors (Emotional Stability, Social Boldness, and Abstractedness) and college adjustment, highlighting perceived social support as a point of intervention to improve 1st‐semester students' college adjustment.