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University students' adjustment problems.

V I Cherian·L Cherian
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Considerable information is available on the adjustment problems of first-year university students in developed countries, but comparatively little is known about such problems in Asia and Africa. This study of a representative sample of 1257 first-year students conducted at the University of the North showed that 33 to 85% of the first-year students experienced various adjustment problems.

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V I Cherian, L Cherian. 1998. University students' adjustment problems.. https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1998.82.3c.1135

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