2013/01/01 by Steffen Wilson, Jonathan Gore, Jonathan S. Gore · 70 citations
Mathematics · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Association (psychology) #Attachment and Relationship Dynamics #Attachment theory #Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development #Clinical psychology #Developmental psychology #Feeling #Mathematics #Parental Involvement in Education #Perception #Psychology #Social connectedness #Social psychology #Statistics #Structural equation modeling #Style (visual arts)
paper · doi:10.1080/00220973.2012.699902
published in The Journal of Experimental Education 81(2), 178-198 (Taylor & Francis)
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Students with high levels of connectedness to the university have been found to be more likely to complete their college degree than are students with low levels of university connectedness. This study examined the role of parental and peer attachment as distal predictors of school connectedness. As predicted, it was found that attachment style to parents predicted attachment style to peers. An avoidant attachment style to peers predicted negative perceptions of peer support and support services. An anxious attachment style to peers predicted negative perceptions of faculty support. Perceptions of peer support, support services, and faculty support then predicted feelings of connectedness to the university. Classroom comfort also predicted university connectedness, although it was not found to be related to attachment style to parents or peers. Implications for college students and college/university administrators are discussed.