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Coping Strategies in a New Learning EnvironmentA Study of American College Freshmen
GEORGE V. COELHO, PhD;
ELIZABETH B. MURPHEY, MSW
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1963;9(5):433-443.
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Introduction
The transition from high school to college in American society presents not only potentially stressful demands but also stimulating opportunities for the adolescent to master certain tasks that are significant for his personal growth. These tasks may vary in salience and specificity in different contemporary cultures, but they are universally shaped by the functional requirements of maturation and socialization in human development. In American culture, the college experience is valued, especially by the urban middle-class family, as an opportunity for youth to learn new social roles and skills that will prepare them for the responsibilities of adult life.1
The present study is part of an NIMH exploratory investigation of the transition from high school to college. Previous reports from this larger study discussed how competent adolescents deal with various tasks that are important in this phase of development.2-5 These tasks include:
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Author Affiliations
BETHESDA, MD PALO ALTO, CALIF WASHINGTON, DC
Department of Health, Education and Welfare, United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, Clinical Investigations, Adult Psychiatry Branch (Dr. Coelho); Stanford Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry (Dr. Hamburg); Walter Reed Hospital (Elizabeth Murphey).
Footnotes
Submitted for publication July 1, 1963.
Presented in part as a University lecture given at Mysore University, India, February, 1962.
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