Communication Networks and Perceptions of Social Support as Antecedents to College Adjustment: A Comparison between Student Commuters and Campus Residents.

Somera, Lilnabeth P.; Ellis, Beth Hartman

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ERIC Number: EJ529221

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Communication Networks and Perceptions of Social Support as Antecedents to College Adjustment: A Comparison between Student Commuters and Campus Residents.

Somera, Lilnabeth P.; Ellis, Beth Hartman

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration (JACA), n2 p97-110 May 1996

Presents a two-part study that looks at the impact of social support on college adjustment among "traditional" campus residents and commuters. Begins with a review of social support measures and the relationship between commuting and college adjustment. Finds factors critical to academic adjustment vary in the contexts of commuting students and campus residents. (TB)

Descriptors: College Students, Communication Research, Commuting Students, Higher Education, Peer Groups, Social Support Groups, Student Adjustment, Student Needs

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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