Coping with Loss: Emotional Acculturation in First-Semester Freshmen.

Brown, Davina M.; Christiansen, Kenneth E.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Coping with Loss: Emotional Acculturation in First-Semester Freshmen.

Brown, Davina M.; Christiansen, Kenneth E.

Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, v2 n1 p69-83 1990

Freshman seminar instructors need training for identifying the frequency, severity, and other aspects of grief emotions in relation to real or perceived loss as expressed by first-semester freshmen. Psychological studies of grief suggest ways instructors can assist students in coping successfully with loss and sadness. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: College Freshmen, Emotional Adjustment, First Year Seminars, Grief, Higher Education, Journal Writing, Psychological Patterns, Student Adjustment, Student Attitudes, Student Experience

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