(Ebook) College Student Psychological Adjustment: Exploring Relational Dynamics that Predict Success by Jonathan F. Mattanah ISBN 9781606500101, 1606500104

(Ebook) College Student Psychological Adjustment: Exploring Relational Dynamics that Predict Success by Jonathan F. Mattanah ISBN 9781606500101, 1606500104

College Student Psychological Adjustment provides the reader an in-depth understanding of students' relationship experiences in college and how those experiences shape their adjustment to college. Each chapter examines research on one key relationship in a student's life to better understand how those relationships are reworked during the college years and what factors help determine adaptive relational outcomes. Along the way, a number of controversial topics are considered from a scholarly perspective, including the effects of helicopter parenting on students' development in college, the prevalence and problematic nature of the hookup culture on college campuses today, and policies related to whether students should be randomly assigned to live with their first-year roommates or be allowed to choose their roommates, based on a matching system. Aimed at advanced students and scholars in the fields of psychology, human development, and higher education, readers of this book will gain a fresh perspective on the relationship development of college students and possible avenues for intervention to help students enhance their relationships skills and prevent development of mental health difficulties.