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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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College Stress and Persistence as a Function of Attachment and Support.
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Perrine, Rose M. – Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2001
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…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Dropout Research, Dropouts
College Students' Reactions to Tutoring: The Role of Prior Attitudes and Attachment.
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Perrine, Rose M.; Wilkins, Stephen L. – Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2001
Explored relationships among college students' cognitive and affective reactions to required academic tutoring, prior attitudes, and attachment style. Found that resistance to tutoring was related to prior negative attitudes toward tutoring and to insecure attachment; students with prior negative attitudes tended to feel even more negatively…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, College Students, Higher Education, Remedial Instruction
Stress and College Persistence as a Function of Attachment Style.
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Perrine, Rose M. – Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 1999
A study explored 97 college freshmen's perceived stress and persistence as a function of attachment style. Students with secure attachment reported significantly less perceived stress than those with insecure attachment. Fewer students with secure attachment quit college than did students with insecure attachment. Stress scores and grade point…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Anxiety, Attachment Behavior, College Freshmen