The moderating effects of attachment style on students' experience of a transition to university group facilitation program

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Ames, Megan E ^a   Wintre, Maxine G ^a   Birnie Lefcovitch, Shelly ^d   Pratt, Michael W ^b   Pancer, S Mark ^b   Polivy, Janet ^c   Adams, Gerald ^e  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment style; First year students; Group experiences; School adjustment; Transition to university or college

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952479797     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020648     Document Type: Article

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