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Publication Date: 2007
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Academic and Psychological Functioning in Late Adolescence: The Importance of School Belonging
Pittman, Laura D.; Richmond, Adeya
Journal of Experimental Education, v75 n4 p270-290 Sum 2007
Few researchers have considered the influence of school context, an important construct at earlier ages, on late adolescents' college adjustment. In a sample of second-semester freshmen (N = 266), the authors explored associations between a sense of school belonging and academic and psychological adjustment. Students' reports of belonging at the university as well as in high school were both significant in predicting current academic (e.g., grades, academic competence) and psychological adjustment (i.e., self-worth, internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors), even after controlling for other important demographic and relationship factors. Last, the authors found that parental education (i.e., whether the participant was a first-generation college student) interacted with high school belonging in predicting externalizing problem behaviors. (Contains 4 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Late Adolescents, Psychology, Student Adjustment, Social Integration, Higher Education, College Students, High School Students, Academic Achievement, Self Esteem, Behavior Problems, First Generation College Students, Parent Background, Educational Attainment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: High Schools; Higher Education
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Language: English
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