The Adaptation of Black Graduate Students: A Social Network Approach

Abstract

This reprinted chapter originally appeared in American Journal of Community Psychology, 1990(Jun), 18(3), 487-503. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 1991-11133-001.) Examined how social integration and social support were related to academic performance and psychological well-being among Black graduate and professional students. Mail questionnaires were returned by 89 university students (aged 22-59 yrs). Black graduate students were not well integrated into their academic environment. Students in relatively more integrated departments were better adjusted, had higher grades, perceived themselves to be making good progress in their graduate work, and were less likely to have considered dropping out of school. Frequency of out-of-school contact with Black faculty and the number of Black students in the department were important social integration and social support variables. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)