ERIC Number: EJ1014435
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Publication Date: 2013-Jul
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First-Generation Undergraduate Students' Social Support, Depression, and Life Satisfaction
Jenkins, Sharon Rae; Belanger, Aimee; Connally, Melissa Londono; Boals, Adriel; Duron, Kelly M.
Journal of College Counseling, v16 n2 p129-142 Jul 2013
First-generation undergraduate students face challenging cross-socioeconomic cultural transitions into college life. The authors compared first- and non-first-generation undergraduate students' social support, posttraumatic stress, depression symptoms, and life satisfaction. First-generation participants reported less social support from family and friends, more single-event traumatic stress, less life satisfaction, and marginally more depression symptomatology than non-first-generation participants, but significant generation-gender interactions showed first-generation women doing worse and first-generation men doing better than others. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Student Attitudes, Social Support Groups, Depression (Psychology), Life Satisfaction, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Undergraduate Students, Family Role, Peer Influence, Stress Variables, Gender Differences, Student Adjustment, Social Differences, Cultural Differences, Hypothesis Testing, Socioeconomic Status, Low Income Groups, Questionnaires
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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