TY - JOUR
T1 - Freshmen engagement through communication
T2 - Predicting friendship formation strategies and perceived availability of network resources from communication skills
AU - McEwan, Bree
AU - Guerrero, Laura
PY - 2010/9/1
Y1 - 2010/9/1
N2 - First-time freshmen completed communication skills questionnaires at the beginning of a fall semester. Approximately 6 weeks later they completed another questionnaire regarding friendship formation strategies and the perceived availability of resources from their new social network. Results suggest that different profiles of communication skills predicted how much freshmen reported using group involvement, online social networking, disclosure, responsiveness, and invitations as friendship formation strategies. Communication skills and friendship formation strategies were also associated with the perceived availability of social, personal, and instrumental resources. Implications for freshmen's social integration into a new university environment are discussed.
AB - First-time freshmen completed communication skills questionnaires at the beginning of a fall semester. Approximately 6 weeks later they completed another questionnaire regarding friendship formation strategies and the perceived availability of resources from their new social network. Results suggest that different profiles of communication skills predicted how much freshmen reported using group involvement, online social networking, disclosure, responsiveness, and invitations as friendship formation strategies. Communication skills and friendship formation strategies were also associated with the perceived availability of social, personal, and instrumental resources. Implications for freshmen's social integration into a new university environment are discussed.
KW - Communication skill
KW - Friendship
KW - Friendship formation
KW - Interpersonal resources
KW - Social networks
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U2 - 10.1080/10510974.2010.493762
DO - 10.1080/10510974.2010.493762
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79960485065
SN - 1051-0974
VL - 61
SP - 445
EP - 463
JO - Communication Studies
JF - Communication Studies
IS - 4
ER -