@article{ref1,
title="Social connectedness and life satisfaction: comparing mean levels for 2 undergraduate samples and testing for improvement based on brief counseling",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2016",
author="Blau, Gary and DiMino, John and DeMaria, Peter A. and Beverly, Clyde and Chessler, Marcy and Drennan, Rob",
volume="64",
number="8",
pages="585-592",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: Comparing the mean levels of social connectedness and life satisfaction, and analyzing their relationship for 2 undergraduate samples, and testing for an increase in their means for a brief counseling sample. PARTICIPANTS: Between October 2013 and May 2015, 3 samples were collected: not-in-counseling (NIC; n = 941), initial counseling session (ICS; ie, triage session only; n = 168), and brief counseling (BC; ie, median of 4 additional counseling sessions; n = 28). <br><br>METHODS: Online surveys measuring demographic and background control variables, social connectedness, and life satisfaction. <br><br>RESULTS: NIC students exhibited higher social connectedness and life satisfaction than ICS students. Social connectedness significantly explained life satisfaction beyond controlled-for variables for both samples. There was a significant increase in social connectedness and life satisfaction for the BC sample. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Social connectedness is an important antecedent of life satisfaction for undergraduates. Brief counseling can increase transition students' social connectedness and life satisfaction.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448481.2016.1207645",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2016.1207645"
}