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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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The Importance of Friends: Friendship and Adjustment among 1st-Year University Students
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Buote, Vanessa M.; Pancer, S. Mark; Pratt, Michael W.; Adams, Gerald; Birnie-Lefcovitch, Shelly; Polivy, Janet; Wintre, Maxine Gallander – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2007
In a study of new friendships and adjustment among 1st-year university students, students at six Canadian universities completed questionnaires that assessed the quality of new friendships and adjustment during their first academic year. In-depth, face-to-face interviews about students' new friendships were conducted with a subsample of these…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Adjustment, Friendship, Student Attitudes
Adolescents' Stories of Decision Making in More and Less Authoritative Families: Representing the Voices of Parents in Narrative.
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Mackey, Kathleen; Arnold, Mary Louise; Pratt, Michael W. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2001
Two studies used narrative methodology to test prediction that adolescents from more authoritative homes would exhibit greater responsiveness to parents' views than would others. Findings showed a significant positive correlation between reports of authoritative parenting and clearer appropriation of parental voice as rated from students'…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Parent Child Relationship
The Transition to University: Contexts, Connections, and Consequences.
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Pratt, Michael W. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2000
Introduces this special journal issue on adolescent transition to university. Notes that increased attention to this transition stems from influences of extending schooling on traditional adolescent experiences. Describes the articles as focusing on particular aspects of a risk and protective resources framework. Expresses hope that articles will…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, College Bound Students, College Freshmen
Cognitive Complexity of Expectations and Adjustment to University in the First Year.
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Pancer, S. Mark; Hunsberger, Bruce; Pratt, Michael W.; Alisat, Susan – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2000
This longitudinal study examined expectations about university and subsequent adjustment in the first year among 226 students. Results indicated that students with more complex expectations about university tended to adjust better to stressful circumstances than students with simpler expectations. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, College Bound Students, College Freshmen
Social Support: Relations to Coping and Adjustment during the Transition to University in the People's Republic of China.
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Tao, Sha; Dong, Qi; Pratt, Michael W.; Hunsberger, Bruce; Pancer, S. Mark – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2000
Explored how perceptions of social support changed during first semester of university, and how social support, coping strategies, and adjustment were interrelated among freshmen in China. Found that overall social support did not change significantly. Support from different sources (parents, peers, teachers, siblings) showed distinctive change…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, College Freshmen, Coping, Foreign Countries
Age, Gender, and Parenting Style Variations in Mother-Adolescent Dialogues and Adolescent Reasoning about Political Issues.
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Santolupo, Silvana; Pratt, Michael W. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 1994
This study investigated parental socialization of adolescent political reasoning from a Vygotskian cognitive socialization perspective. Discussions between mothers and their adolescent sons or daughters were examined using a transactive dialogue system and were related to the adolescent's age and gender and to family parenting style. As predicted,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Mothers, Parent Influence