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Advisors’ Perceptions Of Honors College Students’ Experiences Of Stress And Autonomy, Brandy Stanton Roye

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Honors college students experience stress and anxiety, which has the potential to affect their psychological well-being. The advice of honors academic advisors may influence the psychological well-being of honors students through recommendations of college engagement that can assist in the development of autonomy and self-authorship. Baxter Magolda’s concepts of autonomy and self-authorship and Ryff’s scales of psychological well-being were the conceptual framework used to examine the perceptions of honors college advisors regarding how cocurricular opportunities influence the reduction of student stress and anxiety and the increase of student autonomy and self-authorship. Using a basic qualitative approach, interviews were conducted with …