title: Hope and adjustment to college in the context of collective trauma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand predictors of first-year college adjustment in the context of collective trauma, including a school shooting.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two consecutive years of entering freshman (Year 1 (Y1) N = 169, Year 2 (Y2) N = 94) were surveyed over time: Y1 in October 2012 and March 2013, and Y2 in October 2013 and August 2014. During Y2, several collective traumas occurred, impacting the campus community and providing a stark comparison.
  
  
  METHODS
  Online surveys measuring predictors at the start of each year and adjustment at the end of each year.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hope was the only significant predictor of adjustment when included in a regression model with depression symptoms in Y1, and with depression symptoms, baseline posttraumatic stress symptoms, and traumatic exposure in Y2.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Fostering hope may promote college adjustment, regardless of collective traumas that might occur on campus.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Counseling , Clinical and School Psychology, University of California , Santa Barbara , California , USA.
authors.forename: Sabrina R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: a Department of Counseling , Clinical and School Psychology, University of California , Santa Barbara , California , USA.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kia-Keating
authors.affiliation: a Department of Counseling , Clinical and School Psychology, University of California , Santa Barbara , California , USA.
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Modir
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003863:Depression / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000067073:Psychological Trauma / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012944:Social Support; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000517:prevention & control; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities
keywords: Collective trauma; college adjustment; hope; posttraumatic stress; school shooting