Connecting with Others

Today we put fostering and maintaining connections in the spotlight! In this episode we discuss the role social connections for college students. Once you're finished listening to this episode, listen to our previous episodes for more engaging conversations on our lived experiences in college! Our podcast hosts in this episode are Christian Ihekweazu, Owen Eastman, Deena Warid, Mohamed Ismail, and Kaelyn Gannon. The research articles from this episode are listed below: Abdul-Rahaman, N., Terentev, E., & Arkorful, V. E. (2023). The tertiary experience: Of social integration, retention and persistence–a review. Public Organization Review, 23(1), 133-147. Avcı, M. (2023). Belongingness, social connectedness, and life satisfaction in college students after COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Happiness and Health, 3(2), 23–36. https://doi.org/10.47602/johah.v3i2.43 Chittum, J. R., Enke, K. A. E., & Finley, A. P. (2022). The effects of community-based and civic engagement in higher education. American Association of Colleges and Universities Credé, M., & Niehorster, S. (2012). Adjustment to college as measured by the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire: A quantitative review of its structure and relationships with correlates and consequences. Educational Psychology Review, 24, 133–165. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-011-9184-5 Farrell, L. C., Jorgenson, D., Fudge, J., & Pritchard, A. (2018). College Connectedness: The Student Perspective. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 18(1), 75–95. https://doi.org/10.14434/josotl.v18i1.22371 Foster, G. (2005). Making friends: A nonexperimental analysis of Social Pair Formation. Human Relations, 58(11), 1443–1465. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726705061313 Gillen-O’Neel, C. (2021). Sense of belonging and student engagement: A daily study of first-and continuing-generation college students. Research in higher education, 62(1), 45-71. Hall, J. A. (2019). How many hours does it take to make a friend?. Journal of social and personal relationships, 36(4), 1278-1296. Klaiber, P., Whillans, A. V., & Chen, F. S. (2018). Long‐term health implications of students’ friendship formation during the transition to university. Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being, 10(2), 290-308. Lee, J. Y. (2016). An exploration of factors influencing college students’ academic and social adjustment. The International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology, 4(4), 13–22. https://doi.org/10.17703/ijact.2016.4.4.13 Steers, M. L. N., Neighbors, C., Wickham, R. E., Petit, W. E., Kerr, B., & Moreno, M. A. (2019). My friends, I’m# SOTALLYTOBER: A longitudinal examination of college students’ drinking, friends’ approval of drinking, and Facebook alcohol-related posts. Digital health, 5, 2055207619845449. Wang, H., Chua, V., & Stefanone, M. A. (2015). Social ties, communication channels, and personal well-being. American Behavioral Scientist, 59(9), 1189–1202. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764215580590