Adjustment of first year university students and the effect of a psychosocial intervention on their mental health and adjustment over an interrupted time series
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2017
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
First-year students face an array of challenges, ranging from financial, to academic and
psychosocial problems. Research suggests that first-year students require student support
structures to enable student retention. Higher education institutions have now focused on
building towards student graduate attributes as well as developing well-balanced, well-rounded
students. First-year experience studies have identified the growing interest in the potential
impact of psycho-social interventions on the social adjustment and influence on students’
mental health. This study assess the effects of psychosocial interventions on the mental health
and adjustment of first-year students by using an Interrupted Time Series (ITS) analysis.
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Magister Artium - MA (Child and Family Studies)