Parental Authoritativeness, Social Support and College Adjustment

Authors

Sarah Cusworth, Brigham Young University
Kelly McCoy, Brigham Young University

Keywords

social support, college adjustment, parental authoritativeness

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Family Life

Abstract

College Adjustment A factor analysis (principal component analysis, Varimax rotation method) of the 28 college adjustment questions yielded eight factors. Five of these factors closely related to the five subsections in the adjustment measure. Because the questions hung together in the analysis it was assumed that the questionnaire was a good measure of the variables we were studying. The five subsections included peer relations, faculty relations, perception of faculty concern, academic/intellectual development, and institutional/goal commitments. The factor analysis provided some interesting insights to some interrcorrelations between scales.

Recommended Citation

Cusworth, Sarah and McCoy, Kelly (2014) "Parental Authoritativeness, Social Support and College Adjustment," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014: Iss. 1, Article 196.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/196