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Jenkins, Sharon Rae; Belanger, Aimee; Connally, Melissa Londono; Boals, Adriel; Duron, Kelly M. – Journal of College Counseling, 2013
First-generation undergraduate students face challenging cross-socioeconomic cultural transitions into college life. The authors compared first- and non-first-generation undergraduate students' social support, posttraumatic stress, depression symptoms, and life satisfaction. First-generation participants reported less social support from family…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Student Attitudes, Social Support Groups, Depression (Psychology)
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Mann, Barbara A.; Moser, Rita M. – New Directions for Student Services, 1991
Presents a theoretical framework suggesting ways to design peer intervention programs and group existing programs. Suggests criteria for effective racial awareness programs, discussing examples of successful college prejudice activities. Notes diversity education efforts are most successful when based on a theoretical model that recognizes the…
Descriptors: Black Students, Campuses, College Environment, College Students