title: A preliminary assessment of adjustment disorder among first-year college students.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University, Saint Joseph, MN 56375-2099, USA.
authors.forename: Laura S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Rodgers
authors.forename: Linda R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Tennison
mesh_terms: D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult