Incorporating emotional skills content in a college transition course enhances student retention

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Author(s): Schutte, N. S., & Malouff, J. M.

Citation: Schutte, N. S., & Malouff, J. M. (2002). Incorporating emotional skills content in a college transition course enhances student retention. Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 14(1), 7-22.

 

Abstract

This study compared first-semester college students who completed college transition courses that incorporated information on emotional, communication, and critical thinking skills with students who completed first-year experience courses that did not incorporate these applied emotional concepts. Results indicated that the first group showed a greater increase in the ability to understand, regulate, and harness emotions and a higher retention rate.

 

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