... supervision of parents or caregivers, has been stripped of a familiar social network and is most likely many miles away from home. Matriculating college students are eager to explore a new lifestyle and the opportunities to set their own limits without an overseeing parental eye. But many ... while social anxiety remained constant throughout the semester. This study also showed that the level of social support at home and at college helps decrease homesickness. Brewin et al. (1989) concluded that homesickness is predicted by "greater self-reported dependency" on others ... and also by h...

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... coaches would respond differently to the RLSS in overall leadership behaviors. The second hypothesis was that differences on the RLSS would occur among coaching levels: junior high, high school, and college. The sample was nonrandom, including 162 coaches that were chosen on a volunteer basis. Within the sample, 118 (0.73) of the coaches were male, while 44 (0.27) were female. With regard ... to coaching level, 25 (0.15) were junior high coaches, 99 (0.61) high school, and 38 (0.24) at the college level.   While this is a good sample size, the problem lies with the distribution ...

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... age thirteen to eighteen with nearly even disbursement among ninth through twelfth grades. The researchers found that a significant majority reported that they planned to attend graduate or professional school after college. The students also reported above-average results in academic self-esteem, social support from the school, and parental involvement/monitoring. Just as the researchers assumed, academic self-esteem was positively ... ...

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