Freshman students’ self-awareness and adaptability to college life

• Main Author: Tesoro, Mary Anne B.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2020
• Subjects: Adjustment (Psychology); Adaptability (Psychology); College students—Psychology; Psychology; Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/13235
• Institution: De La Salle University

Transition to college is marked by complex challenges in emotional, social and academic adjustment. Some students look forward to this transition while others are ill-prepared for these changes, partly because college and high school have different standards and expectations. This concept paper attempts to explore on college students’ self-awareness and adaptability, particularly looking at the freshman students, with the goal to improve their ability to cope positively with the challenges of college life. Moreover, this paper investigates how these freshman students will be able to enhance their capacity to integrate resiliency skills, attitudes, behaviors and deal effectively with daily tasks and challenges that are brought about by the transition to college and the demands of academics. The program intends to utilize the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) as a framework. The CASEL emphasizes the use of evidence-based programs which helps in developing positive results and prevents problem behavior in students (CASEL, 2008). The intended program out of this conceptual paper will employ module development and use of psychoeducation sessions. The program being developed in this concept paper may become relevant to counseling practitioners as reference in providing other appropriate interventions to assist the college students adapt to collegiate life.