Friendship supported learning – the role of friendships in first-year students’ university experiences

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dc.contributor.authorPicton, Cen_US
dc.contributor.authorKahu, ERen_US
dc.contributor.authorNelson, Ken_US
dc.coverage.spatialAdelaide, Australiaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-30T01:22:57Z
dc.date.available2017-07en_US
dc.date.available2020-01-30T01:22:57Z
dc.date.finish-date2017-07-05en_US
dc.date.issued2017-07en_US
dc.date.start-date2017-07-03en_US
dc.description.abstractThe student experience at university is impacted by student and institutional factors that combine to influence student wellbeing and engagement. This paper contributes to existing literature on student engagement by exploring friendships that are formed with other students. The qualitative study followed students at an Australian regional university throughout their first year of study. Drawing on Kahu and Nelson’s framework of student engagement, this paper reports findings on the influence of friendships on students’ psychosocial experiences, and on learning engagement outcomes. Findings indicated that students establish friendships with people with common interests, increasing a sense of belonging. Friendships also improve student wellbeing through increasing comfort in attending class, reducing stress, and providing opportunities to relax. Through initiating student supported learning opportunities, friendships also lead to opportunities for students to deepen their engagement: enhance student interest, develop positive learning behaviours, and increase cognitive understanding.en_US
dc.description.confidentialfalseen_US
dc.identifier.citationTBA, 2017en_US
dc.identifier.elements-id354400
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/15134
dc.relation.isPartOfTBAen_US
dc.relation.replaceshttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6835
dc.relation.replaces123456789/6835
dc.relation.urihttps://unistars.org/papers/STARS2017/08A.pdfen_US
dc.sourceSTARS Conferenceen_US
dc.titleFriendship supported learning – the role of friendships in first-year students’ university experiencesen_US
dc.typeConference Paper
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences/School of Psychology
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