Bereavement and college students: The role of counseling psychology.

In this review article, the authors integrate the theoretical, empirical, and clinical literature relevant to the phenomenon of college student bereavement. They synthesize information on two theories of mourning that appear to fit well with the experience of bereaved college students with information about the developmental, cohort, and contextual situation of college students. They end the article with an integrated illustration and practical recommendations for counseling psychologists who work with bereaved college students in various capacities within higher education (e.g., administrators, clinicians, educators, and researchers)

A counseling group for children of cancer patients

Cancer affects not just the patient but also the entire family system. The effect of a parent’s cancer on young children in the family may lead to emotional distress and school problems. This article describes guidelines for a counseling group for elementary school children of cancer patients to be led by the school counselor and meet in the school. The purpose of this article is to provide the information necessary to implement such a group

Decision to Enter the Profession of Student Affairs

The purpose of this study was to consider factors that graduate students in master's degree programs in student affairs identify as influential to their decisions to enter the student affairs profession. A total of 300 master's students from 24 randomly selected graduate programs participated in the study. Relatively few differences were found between men and women or between traditional-age and older graduate students

Patterns of development of autonomy and mature interpersonal relationships in Black and White undergraduate women

Differences were found by class level in measures of autonomy and mature interpersonal relationships and by race in a measurement of intimacy

The relationship of racial identity attitudes to autonomy and mature interpersonal relationships in Black and White undergraduate women

Correlations between racial identity attitudes and psychosocial development suggest two separate developmental processes for Black undergraduate women and two similar developmental processes for White undergraduate women

Training resident assistants to make effective referrals to counseling.

INCREASING NUMBERS OF COLLEGE and university students are experiencing psychological distress, including depression, anxiety, and suicide ideation. Yet students in distress are unlikely to seek counseling services. Resident assistants (RAs) can serve an important function in identifying and referring students in distress. However, adequate training is essential. This article describes what RAs need to know about the warning signs of students in difficulty; the knowledge, attitudes, and skills required for making an effective referral to counseling; and strategies for RA training in these areas

Autonomy and Parental Attachment in Traditional-Age Undergraduate Women

A different pattern of autonomy development than that described by Chickering (1969) and Chickering and Reisser (1993) was found among 325 traditional-age female undergraduates who completed the Iowa Developing Autonomy Inventory (Jackson & Hood, 1985) and the Parental Attachment Questionnaire (Kenny, I987a). Although students displayed increased autonomy with class year, they displayed no decreased attachment to parents. Students also displayed later development of autonomy than described in Chickering's model. Differences in parental attachment were found by racial or ethnic group

Promoting student development through psychoeducational groups: A perspective on the goals and process matrix

The purpose of this article is to provide a reaction to the Waldo and Bauman (1998 [this issue]) goals and process (GAP) matrix for groups article in terms of its usefulness to student development educators leading psychoeducational groups. To do so, the context within which student development educators do psychoeducational group work will be briefly described. Then, a perspective on applying the proposed matrix and problems with the proposed matrix will be provided

Building Community on Campus: Student Affairs Professionals as Group Workers

This article describes the role of student affairs professionals in building campus community through work with natural groups such as residence halls, clubs and organizations, classes, and service-learning groups. Challenges to the creation of campus community are discussed. The Social Change Model of leadership development is highlighted as an example of a model for working with groups. In addition, other campus community-building approaches such as service learning, learning communities, and ceremonies, rituals, and traditions are described. The role of student affairs professionals as group workers and community builders—and the potential for their involvement in these approaches—is highlighted

Student Downloading and File-Sharing: Problems and Responses for College Housing

Today's college students are the most technology-savvy, computer-oriented generation of college students in history: Twenty percent have been using computers since the primary grades; more than 70% check their e-mail at least daily; and most (85%) own their own computers (Jones, 2002). One recent study found that 94% of campus residents had access to computers in their residence hall rooms (Knerr & Woosley, 2004). College students expect that they will have near-ubiquitous, high-speed computer access wherever they are on campus (Barran, 2003). To the coveted title of "most wired campus" we now must add "most unwired campus," which recognizes the migration to wireless Internet service (http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/centrino/unwired_colleges-04.pdf). Although easy access to computers and high-speed networks may contribute positively to students' academic experiences in significant ways, this technology also has had adverse impacts on campus (Barratt, 2003). One area that has received considerable media attention in the past few years is downloading and file-sharing of copyrighted material, such as music and movies. Under the No Electronic Theft Law (NET Act), these activities are a violation of copyright, and individual violators may face both imprisonment and fines