Social support and academic success for college students with disabilities: Do relationship types matter?

BACKGROUND: College students with disabilities continue to experience difficulties adjusting to the academic and social demands of university life despite an increase in recognition by postsecondary institutions. OBJECTIVE: Social support for college students with disabilities is the focus of this s...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 1 - 14
Autores principales: Lombardi, Allison, Murray, Christopher, Kowitt, Jennifer
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. 2016
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=112202468&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: ccm
    uiTerm: 112202468
    longDbName: CINAHL Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    dissinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        10522263
        3O2
      jtl: Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation
      issn: 10522263
      maglogo: N
    pubinfo:
      dt: 2016
      vid: 44
      iid: 1
      pid: 344
      pub: Sage Publications Inc.
      place: Thousand Oaks, California
    artinfo:
      ui:
        112202468
        112202468
        112202468
        10.3233/JVR-150776
        112202468
      ppf: 1
      ppct: 13
      formats:
        fmt:
          @attributes:
            type: P
      tig:
        atl: Social support and academic success for college students with disabilities: Do relationship types matter?
      aug:
        au:
          Lombardi, Allison
          Murray, Christopher
          Kowitt, Jennifer
        affil: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
      sug:
        subj:
          Students, College
          Students with Disabilities
          Support, Psychosocial
          Human
          Interpersonal Relations
          Peer Group
          Female
          Male
          Surveys
          Questionnaires
          Linear Regression
          Multivariate Analysis of Variance
          Outcomes Research
          Academic Achievement
          Female
          Male
      ab: BACKGROUND: College students with disabilities continue to experience difficulties adjusting to the academic and social demands of university life despite an increase in recognition by postsecondary institutions. OBJECTIVE: Social support for college students with disabilities is the focus of this study. METHODS: Relationship types - specifically parent, peer, and partner supports - were examined in order to clarify their impact on the academic success of college students with disabilities at a four-year university (n = 200). RESULTS:Anexamination of main and moderating effects showed relationship types have differential effects on academic success outcomes, specifically college grade point average and self-reported educational, practical, and social/emotional gains. For certain outcomes, parent, peer, and partner support buffered the negative effects of course efficacy and social support satisfaction. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that certain relationship types can make meaningful differences in positively affecting college experiences of student with disabilities, and illustrate the importance of considering relationship types and quality of social support in future research on social networks. Implications for disability services providers and secondary transition educators are discussed.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype:
        research
        tables/charts
        Journal Article
      ougenre: Article
    language: English
    refInfo:
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N