+End-Term Adjustment to College Measure
English, Davis, Wei, Gross (2017)
Topic: Campus Engagement. & Belonging - College Adjustment
Instructions:
Homesickness, emotional experience, and adjustment were assessed from questionnaires emailed to participants once a week during the first 10 weeks of freshman year. Adjustment was assessed again in a questionnaire emailed at the end of the first term of freshman year.
Response Options:
(1) Not at all (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Extremely
Items:
Global adjustment
- How satisfied are you with this quarter?
- How well do you think you’ve adjusted to UCSC?
- Did you ever have thoughts of transferring to another school or quitting school? (*R)
Social adjustment
- How satisfied [are] you with social life at UCSC?
- I fit in really well here at UCSC.
Academic adjustment
- How satisfied [are] you with your own academic performance at UCSC?
Citation:
English, T., Davis, J., Wei, M., & Gross, J. J. (2017). Homesickness and adjustment across the first year of college: A longitudinal study. Emotion, 17(1), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000235 Links to an external site.
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