College Stress and Persistence as a Function of Attachment and Support

First-year college students rated their attachment styles and perceived stress and social support; persistence in college was tracked for two semesters. Found that students with one type of insecure attachment (fearful) perceived the most stress, were least satisfied with available support, and had...

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Published inJournal of the freshman year experience Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 7
Main Author Perrine, Rose M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition 2001
Subjects
Academic Persistence
College Freshmen
Dropout Research
Dropouts
Security of Attachment
Sex Differences
Social Support Groups
Stress Variables
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Summary:First-year college students rated their attachment styles and perceived stress and social support; persistence in college was tracked for two semesters. Found that students with one type of insecure attachment (fearful) perceived the most stress, were least satisfied with available support, and had the highest dropout rate. Females perceived more stress and dropped out more than males. (EV)
ISSN:1053-203X