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This research investigated 1) the adjustment to college and copingstrategies of first-year college students and 2) the effects of students'gender, field of study, university types and academic achievement on theiradjustment and coping strategies. Participants were 651 undergraduatestudents from government and private universities. The instrument used wereThe Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ) and the CopingScale. Data was analyzed using a three-way ANOVA design followed bypost-hoc multiple comparisons with Dunnett's T3 test. The major findingswere as follows: 1. First-year college students reported high level of institutionalattachment/goal commitment. 2. First-year college students used effective means of coping: usedmore problem-focused strategies, used moderately high level of socialsupport-seeking strategies, and used moderately low avoidance strategies. 3. The three-way ANOVA yielded significant effects for gender,university types and academic achievement on adjustment to college andcoping strategies: 3.1 First-year female college students reported more socialadjustment and used more social support-seeking strategies than first-yearmale college students. 3.2 Private college students reported more academic adjustment.but less personal/emotional adjustment than government college students. 3.3 Private college students used more avoidance strategies thangovernment college students. 3.4 Students with high and moderate academic achievement reportedmore total adjustment and institutional attachment/goal commitment thanthose with low academic achievement. 3.5 Students with moderate academic achievement reported morepersonal/emotional adjustment than those with low academic achievement. 3.6 Students with high academic achievement used more socialsupport-seeking strategies than those with low academic achievement. |