Document Type
Article
Department
Psychology
Publication Date
5-2014
Abstract
Although numerous studies have documented an association between parent attachment and college student adjustment, less is known about the mechanisms that underlie this relation. Accordingly, this short-term longitudinal study examined first-year college students’ attitudes about academic help-seeking as one possible mechanism. As predicted, help-seeking attitudes mediated the relation between parent attachment and academic adjustment, even after controlling for gender and initial academic adjustment, with females holding more favorable attitudes about academic help-seeking. College personnel might explicitly encourage academic help-seeking in first-year students to maximize academic success and mitigate the effects of insecure attachment and gender-specific socialization.
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Published as:
Laura J. Holt. “Attitudes about Helping-Seeking Mediate the Relation between Parent Attachment and Academic Adjustment in First-Year College Students.” Journal of College Student Development, 55 (May 2014): 418-423.
Published edition available:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_college_student_development/v055/55.4.holt.html