Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Fanti, Kostas Andrea Author's Email Address kfanti1@student.gsu.edu URN etd-04222005-135230 Title The Parent-Adolescent Relationship and College Adjustment Over The Freshman Year Degree Master of Arts Department Developmental Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Christopher C. Henrich Committee Chair Gabriel P. Kuperminc Committee Member Lauren B. Adamson Committee Member Keywords
- College expectations
- College adjustment
- Father-adolescent relationship
- Mother-adolescent relationship
- Academic
- Social
- Personal-emotional
Date of Defense 2004-12-15 Availability unrestricted Abstract This study investigates whether the parent-adolescent relationship is related to the academic, social, and personal-emotional expectations of adjustment and actual adjustment to college during the transition to college. The mother-adolescent relationship was more consistently linked to college adjustment than the father-adolescent relationship both cross-sectionally and longitudinally, and students identified their parents and especially their mother amongst the first people who they go to for support. More African Americans than students from other ethnic backgrounds and more dormitory residents than commuters identified their mother as their first supportive figure, suggesting that the students’ living arrangements and their cultural backgrounds need to be taken under consideration when studying this transitional period.Files
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