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Sarigiani, Pamela A.; Trumbell, Jill M.; Camarena, Phame M. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2013
Electronic communications technologies (ECTs) help college students and parents remain in contact. Because recent reports have emphasized a link between ECTs, helicopter parenting, and autonomy issues, this study focused on the significance of contact patterns for attachment and student adjustment. First-semester college students (199 female, 81…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Computer Mediated Communication, Parenting Styles, Personal Autonomy
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Houman, Katie M.; Stapley, Janice C. – NACADA Journal, 2013
A purposive sample (2 males, 3 females) of students (aged 18-29 years) with chronic illness completed standardized measures and a semi-structured interview. Content analysis of the interview data revealed two themes: stress exacerbating symptoms of illness and a desire for a support group on campus. Viewed through the theory of emerging adulthood,…
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Educational Experience, Student Experience, College Students
Davis, Gina R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Father involvement appears to be a significant factor in the success of African American children, resulting in positive psychosocial, behavioral, cognitive, and academic achievement outcomes beginning in toddlerhood and continuing through late adolescence. The present study assessed how involvement of African American fathers influences their…
Descriptors: Fathers, African Americans, Adjustment (to Environment), Academic Achievement