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Bard, Bernard – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1969
Condensed from "The Kiwanis Magazine, Volume 53 (September 1968), 22-25, 42.
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Students, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
McManus, Marianna – 1970
Following an orientation session in which test-anxious students were instructed in the theory and methods of desensitization, eighteen ISU undergraduates applied for a desensitization and counseling program for test-taking anxiety. All students committed themselves to attend seven weekly meetings and to practice daily the relaxation exercises at…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Change, College Students, Counseling
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Bourne, Peter G. – Psychiatry, 1975
This paper reviews the history of the Chinese student in America and examines specifically, it is stated, the nature of the problems manifested by Chinese students who sought help through the student health program at a large West Coast University as they reflect the stresses caused by currently changing attitudes toward assimilation in the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Chinese Americans, College Students
Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Silva, Liliana, Ed. – Online Submission, 2013
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends 2013, taking place in Madrid, Spain, from 26 to 28 of April. Our efforts and active engagement can now be rewarded with these three days of exciting new developments about what we are passionate about: Psychology and its connections. We take pride…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Psychoeducational Methods, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes
Peck, Robert F. – 1980
Psychologists have long been interested in the causes of student success or failure in college. In the late 1950's, investigators began to examine behaviors beyond the cognitive realm as crucial elements in the student's adaptation to college life. Research on adolescents' transition from high school to college identified several components of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, College Environment