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ERIC Number: EJ545702
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0897-5264
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Social Network Characteristics and College Adjustment among Racially and Ethnically Diverse First-Year Students.
Kenny, Maureen E.; Stryker, Sonia
Journal of College Student Development, v37 n6 p649-58 Nov-Dec 1996
Examined social network characteristics of 218 college freshmen. Subjects were of European American descent or of ethnically and racially diverse backgrounds (African American, Hispanic, Native American and Asian American). The study associated social adjustment with family support characteristics for the racially and ethnically diverse students and with college friendships for students of European American descent. (KW)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Students, Diversity (Institutional), Diversity (Student), Ethnicity, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students, Racial Composition, Social Behavior, Social Networks, Social Support Groups, Student Adjustment, Student Alienation, Student Behavior, Young Adults
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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