Exploring the Parental Role in First-Year Students’ Emotional Well-Being: Considerations by Gender
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During a time of growing parental involvement in the lives of college-going students, this study examines how interactions with parents relate to students’ sense of emotional well-being and how this varies by gender. Using longitudinal data on first-year college students at one institution, the study reveals the importance of both quality and quantity of student-parent interactions, and describes how this varies by the gender of the student and the parent.
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Findings from cross-sectional studies from the 2010s suggest that phone calls and texting were far more prevalent than other forms of communication among parents and college students.
“Findings from cross-sectional studies from the 2010s suggest that phone calls and texting were far more prevalent than other forms of communication among parents and college students (Abar et al., 2012;Sax & Weintraub, 2014;Stein et al., 2016).”
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The study's findings on mode of communication contrast with research studies conducted in the 2010s.
“Findings related to mode of communication are in contrast to research studies conducted in the 2010's (e.g., Sax & Weintraub, 2014;Stein et al., 2016).”
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Sax and Weintraub (2014) found that phone calls were the most common form of student-parent communication, followed by text messaging and then email.
“Sax and Weintraub (2014) found phone calls were the most common form of student-parent communication, followed by text messaging and then email”
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- Authors
- Sax, L. J., & Weintraub, D. S.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Corresponding author
- Sax, Linda J.
- Venue
- Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014-04
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 113-127
- ISSN
- 0027-6014 (ISSN-L)
- 1949-6591
- 1949-6605
- OpenAlex
- W2054842109
- Cited by
- 38
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 7 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 11.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- escholarship.org
- Locations
- NASPA Journal (publishedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
- Social Sciences › Education › Parental Involvement in Education
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Keywords
- parental involvement, parent-student relationship, emotional well-being, first-year college students, gender differences, parent-child interaction, transition to college
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