Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 220-230, June 2009

A Preliminary Assessment of Adjustment Disorder Among First-Year College Students☆

  • Laura S. Rodgers

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding Author: Laura S. Rodgers, PhD, PMHCNS-BC, Professor, Nursing Department, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University, 37 South College Avenue, Saint Joseph, MN 56375-2099.
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  • Linda R. Tennison

Nursing Department, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University, Saint Joseph, MN

Psychology Department, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University, P. O. Box 7155, Collegeville, MN

published online 16 October 2008.

Using Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (American Psychiatric Association, 2000) criteria, we investigated whether the diagnosis adjustment disorder (AD) described first-year college students' adjustment problems. We found that a substantial portion of students experienced a set of adjustment symptoms meeting the AD criteria. Another portion of students reported adjustment concerns that were problematic but did not meet the AD diagnosis threshold. Female students tended to report more symptoms than do male students. College counseling implications are presented.

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☆ Work on this project was partially supported by a Rooney Research Grant awarded to Laura S. Rodgers from the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University.

PII: S0883-9417(08)00107-6

doi:10.1016/j.apnu.2008.05.007

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 220-230, June 2009

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