title: College and the grieving student: A mixed-methods analysis.
abstract: The current mixed-methods study examines how college students negotiate the grief process with the competing demands of college. Data were collected from 950 students at a regional comprehensive university and a research intensive institution. Quantitative findings revealed closeness to the deceased as a key positive predictor of mental health and academic difficulties and positive associations between changes in peer relationships and mental health difficulties. Qualitative findings showed that closeness to the deceased was associated with a greater sense of purpose in the college experience and findings suggested that institutions and their faculty encourage and exhibit more sensitivity about grief issues.
authors.affiliation: a Human Development , University of Wisconsin-Green Bay , Green Bay , Wisconsin , USA.
authors.forename: Illene Noppe
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Cupit
authors.affiliation: b Educational Studies , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana , USA.
authors.forename: Heather L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Servaty-Seib
authors.affiliation: b Educational Studies , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana , USA.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tedrick Parikh
authors.affiliation: c Department of Psychology , Oral Roberts University , Tulsa , Oklahoma , USA.
authors.forename: Andrea C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.affiliation: a Human Development , University of Wisconsin-Green Bay , Green Bay , Wisconsin , USA.
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D010379:Peer Group; D012929:Psychological Distance; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult