Leading the Way: Transfer Students Connect to Purchase College by Taking Action

Transfer students often struggle with the development of active engagement with their new campuses (Terris, 2008). Dawson and Dell (1997) suggest that transfer programs should be used to support students during the first semester of transfer. In 2013 we participated in a Social Action Leadership Seminar for transfer students. We identified problems in the college relevant to us, surveyed current transfer students at the college, wrote grant proposals, and developed interventions. The issues addressed by our group included the following: 1) Improve the Purchase College mobile app; 2) Improve activities and orientation for transfer students; and 3) Create informational materials for new students. In this poster we will: 1) Present our findings regarding the challenges faced by transfer students at Purchase College; 2) Present data about the success of students who have participated in the Social Action Leadership Seminar for transfer students; 3) Describe the interventions that we developed; and 4) Discuss the aspects of our interventions that seem promising as well as the challenges we have faced

Young children's conflicts with peers and siblings: Gender effects

Two studies examined preschoolers' conflict behavior in peer and sibling dyads. Found that conflicts were quickly resolved in nonaggressive ways, and they occurred within the context of ongoing, coordinated play. Most conflicts occurred between same-gender dyads. Age was also found to influence conflict behavior

Young children's quarrels with their siblings and mothers: Links with maternal depression and bipolar illness

Patterns of conflict amongst a mother and two young children were recorded for 55 families in the US. The mother was well in 19 families, depressed in 20, and had bipolar illness in 16. Sibling conflict occurred least often when the mother had bipolar illness. Mother-child conflict occurred most often when the elder child was male, but depressed mothers were likely to quarrel with their elder daughters. Mothers allied with elder rather than younger children, but depressed mothers were especially likely to uphold the rights of protesters. Compensatory influence was noted across relationships, so that children whose actions were protested by mothers were less likely to object to the behaviour of their siblings. In general, when mothers were well, families experienced frequent, but mild conflict; when mothers had bipolar illness, the relationship between the mother and the elder son was especially fraught; and when mothers were depressed, conflicts were more likely to escalate and to occur between mothers and daughters

Young children's quarrels with their siblings and mothers: Links with maternal depression and bipolar illness

Patterns of conflict amongst a mother and two young children were recorded for 55 families in the US. The mother was well in 19 families, depressed in 20, and had bipolar illness in 16. Sibling conflict occurred least often when the mother had bipolar illness. Mother-child conflict occurred most often when the elder child was male, but depressed mothers were likely to quarrel with their elder daughters. Mothers allied with elder rather than younger children, but depressed mothers were especially likely to uphold the rights of protesters. Compensatory influence was noted across relationships, so that children whose actions were protested by mothers were less likely to object to the behaviour of their siblings. In general, when mothers were well, families experienced frequent, but mild conflict; when mothers had bipolar illness, the relationship between the mother and the elder son was especially fraught; and when mothers were depressed, conflicts were more likely to escalate and to occur between mothers and daughters