scholarly journals Emotional Intelligence and Its Relationship to Stress and Transition Shock Amongst First Year College Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-68
Author(s):  
Beryl Ben Concepcion Mergal ◽  
Nathaniel Thomas ◽  
Chaeryeong Pak ◽  
Kenneth Lalog
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
High School ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
First Year ◽  
Environment Change ◽  
First Year College ◽  
High School To College ◽  
First Year College Students ◽  
Transition Shock

Freshmen students often experience transition shock as their environment change from high school to college. They are also under the impression that success in college depends solely on their intellect and usually do not consider emotional intelligence a factor into the success of their academic endeavors. The purpose of this study was to investigate emotional intelligence and its relationship to stress and transition shock amongst first year college students. A descriptive-correlational research design was employed. One hundred nineteen respondents were chosen using purposive sampling technique. Frequency, percentage distribution, weighted mean, standard deviation, and Pearson r correlation coefficient test were used to analyze and treat the collected data. Respondents showed a high emotional intelligence having an overall mean of 2.73 (SD = 0.35). The extent of the respondents’ stress was also high with an overall mean of 2.61 (SD = 0.59). As for the extent of transition shock felt by the respondents, the overall mean found is at 2.55 (SD = 0.52) which is also interpreted as high. A moderate negative significant relationship between emotional intelligence and stress (r = -0.476), as well as the relationship between emotional intelligence and transition shock (r = -0.417) among the freshmen. It is recommended that nursing students and educators become aware of emotional intelligence as a factor that contributes to the success of the students’ transition from high school to college. Also, it is emphasized to further develop the emotional intelligence of the students to manage their stress and transition shock to aid in the success of the students’ academic endeavors.

Fundamentals of educational and cognitive activity of College students. Methodical advice to students on the formation of basic educational skills

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Владимир Беликов ◽  
V. Belikov ◽  
Петр Романов ◽  
Petr Romanov
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
First Year ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
School Students ◽  
First Year College ◽  
Cognitive Activities ◽  
First Year College Students

The textbook deals with the issues of education of the personality of College students and school students on the basis of educational and cognitive activity, offers ways to solve the problem of mastering the basic skills of students in such types of educational and cognitive activities as observation, experiment, work with the book and systematization of knowledge. Also some features of creative educational and research activity are revealed. The solution to the problem of mastering educational and cognitive activity, according to the authors of the manual, can be carried out on the basis of algorithms of its main types and provide the formation of generalized skills. Students are offered specific recommendations for self-mastery of these skills. All recommendations and tips are universal and do not depend on the direction and profile of education, the studied subject, the characteristics of the tasks performed. The practical examples given in the manual only help to understand the proposed material. The book is intended for first-year College students, high school students who wish to study independently, and for their teachers and lecturers.

The Indirect Method

1987 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-43
Author(s):  
Joseph V. Roberti
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
High School ◽  
Indirect Method ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year College ◽  
First Year College Students

Indirect proofs become increasingly important as a student progresses in the study of mathematics. Yet textbooks for high school or first-year college students give indirect proofs only token attention. They are almost universally deficient in treating this topic or providing a variety of problems suitable for this level.

Gambling and Alcohol Use Among First-Year College Students

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracey L. Rocha ◽  
M. Dolores Cimini ◽  
Angelina X. Diaz-Myers ◽  
Matthew P. Martens ◽  
Estela M. Rivero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year College ◽  
First Year College Students

Is Pre-College Interpersonal Trauma Associated with Cannabis Use?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terrell A Hicks ◽  
Daniel Bustamante ◽  
Kaitlin E Bountress ◽  
Amy Adkins ◽  
Dace S Svikis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Interpersonal Trauma ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Cannabis Use ◽  
First Year ◽  
Southeastern Part ◽  
First Year College ◽  
Large N ◽  
First Year College Students ◽  
Experimental Use

Objective: To examine the prevalence and correlates of lifetime cannabis use (i.e., experimental [use 1-5 times] and non-experimental [use ≥ 6 times]) in relation to demographics, interpersonal trauma (IPT), and alcohol and nicotine use.Participants: A large (n = 9,889) representative sample of college students at an urban college campus in the southeastern part of the United States.Methods: Participants were 4 cohorts of first-year college students who completed measures of demographic variables, cannabis, alcohol, nicotine, and IPT. Associations were estimated using multinomial logistic regressions.Results: The prevalence of lifetime cannabis use was 45.5%. Specifically, 28.1% reported non-experimental cannabis use and 17.4% reported experimental cannabis use. Race, cohort, nicotine, and IPT were associated with experimental and non-experimental cannabis use. Additionally, alcohol and sex were associated with non-experimental cannabis use.Conclusions: Results show that cannabis use is prevalent among college students and is associated with race, IPT, and other substance use.

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