Appendix Table A.1.
SACQ two-factor item assignment.
| Positive college adjustment items α = .930, n = 25 | Negative college adjustment items α = .918, n = 30 |
|---|---|
| I feel that I fit in well as part of the college environment. | I haven't been able to control my emotions very well lately. |
| I have been keeping up to date on my academic work. | Iam finding academic work at college difficult. |
| I am meeting as many people, and making as many friends as I would like at college. | I feel I am very different from other students at college in ways that I don't like. |
| I know why I am in college and what I want out of it. | I have felt tired much of the time lately. |
| I am very involved with social activities in college. | Lately I have been feeling blue and moody a lot. |
| I am adjusting well to college. | I'm not working as hard as I should at my coursework |
| I am satisfied with the level at which I am performing academically. | Lately I have been giving a lot of thought to transferring to another college. |
| I have had informal, personal contact with college professors. | I am having difficulty feeling at ease with other people at college. |
| I am pleased now about my decision to go to college. | I have been having lots of headaches lately. |
| I am pleased now about my decision to attend this college in particular. | I am having a lot of trouble getting started on homework assignments. |
| I am satisfied with the extent to which I am participating in social activities at college. | I'm not really smart enough for the academic work I am expected to be doing right now. |
| My academic goals and purposes are well defined. | I worry a lot about my college expenses. |
| Getting a college degree is important to me. | I have been feeling tense of nervous lately. |
| My appetite has been good lately. | I wish I were at another college or university. |
| I am satisfied with the extracurricular activities available at college. | Recently I have had trouble concentrating when I try to study. |
| I feel I have enough social skills to get along well in the college setting. | I'm not doing well enough academically for the amount of work I put in. |
| I am attending classes regularly. | I've put on (or lost) too much weight recently. |
| I have several close social ties at college. | I haven't been sleeping very well. |
| I am enjoying my academic work at college. | I have been getting angry easily lately. |
| I feel I have good control over my life situation at college. | I really haven't had much motivation for studying lately. |
| I have been feeling in good health lately. | Sometimes my thinking gets muddled up too easily. |
| I have some good friends of acquaintances at college with whom I can talk about any problems I may have. | Most of the things I am interested in are not related to any of my course work at college. |
| I am quite satisfied with my social life at college | I have been feeling lonely a lot at college lately |
| I am quite satisfied with my academic situation at college. | I haven't been very efficient in the use of study time lately. |
| I feel confident that I will be able to deal in a satisfactory manner with future challengers here at college. | I have given a lot of thought lately to whether I should ask for help from the Psychological/Counseling Services Center of from a psychotherapist outside of college. |
| Being on my own, taking responsibility for myself, has not been easy. | |
| Lately I have been having doubts regarding the value of a college education. | |
| Lately I have been giving a lot of thought to dropping out of college altogether and for good. | |
| I find myself giving considerable thought to taking time off from college and finishing later.. | |
| I am experiencing a lot of difficulty coping with the stresses imposed upon me in college. |