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Coping Mechanisms for First-Year Students: Phases of Adjustment Among First-Years Students at the University

Coping Mechanisms for First-Year Students: Phases of Adjustment Among First-Years Students at the University
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Author(s): Lazarus Millan Okello (Rongo University, Kenya)and Eliud Oyoo Oure (Rongo University, Kenya)
Copyright: 2023
Pages: 16
Source title: Handbook of Research on Coping Mechanisms for First-Year Students Transitioning to Higher Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Peter Aloka (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)and Kananga Robert Mukuna (University of the Free State, South Africa)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6961-3.ch003

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Abstract

After secondary education, many students around the world make transit to institutions of higher learning. This transition necessitates the need for appropriate adjustment, which has been classified into academic, emotional, and social. Each student should know copying mechanisms that they can consider adapting during their transition. Successful transition from secondary school to university is essential for the academic, emotional, and social success of any student and smooth adjustment process can be achieved through internalizing the character, culture, and behavioral norms of the institution in which the student is enrolled. Students who are given adequate parental love are likely to adjust themselves more quickly than students who are deprived of this. The study recommends good relationships with lecturers and social integration with other students for positive adjustments of the learners. The students' ability to set goals and achieve a balance between academic and social activities is critical during the first-year transition.

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