Psychology
Past Traumatic Experiences and Current College Adjustment
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Start Date
10-4-2015 2:15 PM
End Date
10-4-2015 2:30 PM
Sponsor
Laura Stull (Anderson University)
Description
Prior research suggests that experiencing a past trauma may affect a student's adjustment to college. The current study was designed to test the hypothesis that students who have been exposed to a traumatic event at some point in their life will have lower levels of adjustment than their peers who have not been exposed to a traumatic event. Participants (n=192) were students from a Christian liberal arts university in the Midwest who were selected from various lower and upper division classes. They were first asked to sign informed consent and then received a 27 question survey containing demographic data, the College Adjustment Scale (Pennebaker 1990), and questions about experiencing a past trauma. Data were collected and entered into SPSS for analysis. A multiple regression will be used to analyze the hypothesis and results will be discussed.
Past Traumatic Experiences and Current College Adjustment
Prior research suggests that experiencing a past trauma may affect a student's adjustment to college. The current study was designed to test the hypothesis that students who have been exposed to a traumatic event at some point in their life will have lower levels of adjustment than their peers who have not been exposed to a traumatic event. Participants (n=192) were students from a Christian liberal arts university in the Midwest who were selected from various lower and upper division classes. They were first asked to sign informed consent and then received a 27 question survey containing demographic data, the College Adjustment Scale (Pennebaker 1990), and questions about experiencing a past trauma. Data were collected and entered into SPSS for analysis. A multiple regression will be used to analyze the hypothesis and results will be discussed.