Attachment and self-efficacy: Implications for college student adjustment
Abstract
This dissertation examined the relationship between three variables: parental attachment, self-efficacy, and adjustment to college. Students from two universities completed measures to assess their attachment relationships with their parents, their level of self-efficacy, and how they felt they were adjusting to college. These measures were completed shortly after the beginning of fall classes. The design of this study allowed for the testing of self-efficacy as a mediator variable between attachment and adjustment to college. The results indicated that: (1) A relationship exists between attachment and self-efficacy; (2) Attachment is associated with adjustment to college; (3) Self-efficacy functions as a mediator variable between attachment and adjustment to college, with limitations; (4) Gender differences exist in the significance of both attachment and self-efficacy for adjustment to college. The results provided support for the hypotheses.
Degree
Ph.D.
Advisors
Rice, Purdue University.
Subject Area
Academic guidance counseling|Families & family life|Personal relationships|Sociology
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