SOCIOEMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS ENROLLED IN A RESIDENTIAL ACCELERATION PROGRAM

This prospective study of adolescent girls enrolled in a residential early college entrance program investigated whether socioemotional adjustment could be predicted by prior personality and family characteristics. Adjustment was assessed from staff, student, and peer perspectives over the course of one academic year. Results indicate consistent predictive relationships between the Jackson Personality Inventory, the Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents, the Family Environment Scale, the Parent Adolescent Communication Scale, and four outcome adjustment measures. The importance of studying individual differences in how students adjust in acceleration programs is emphasized. © 1991, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.