References

Aikins, J., Bierman, K., & Parker, J. (2005). Navigating the transition to junior high

school: The influence of pre-transition friendship and self-system characteristics.

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing.

Anderson, G., Carmichael, K.Y., Harper, T.J., & Huang, T. (2009). International students

at four-year institutions: Developmental needs, issues, and strategies. In S.R.

Harper, & S.J. Quaye (Eds.), Student engagement in higher education:

Theoretical perspectives and practical approaches for diverse populations. New

York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.

Andrade, M.S. (2007). International student persistence: Integration or cultural integrity.

Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 8, 57-81.

Arubayi, E.A. (1980). Identification of problems experienced by Nigerian students in

Kansas State University. Retrieved from ERIC database. (ED198424)

Bailey, S. & Baines, E. (2012). The impact of risk and resiliency factors on the

adjustment of children after the transition from primary to secondary. The British

Psychological Society.

Bandura, A. (1977). Social learning theory. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: PrenticeHall.

Beck, A.T. (1976). Cognitive therapy and emotional disorders. New York: New American

Library.

Benner, A. (2011). The transition to high school: Current knowledge, future directions.

Population Research Center, University of Texas, USA.

1
Berry, J.W. (1983). Acculturation: A comparative analysis of alternative forms. In R. J.

Samuda, & S.L. Woods (Eds.). Perspectives in immigration and minority

education. New York: University Press of America.

Bohnert, A., Aikins, J., Arola, N. (2013). Regrouping: Organized activity involvement and

social adjustment across transition to high school. Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Boyatzis, R. (1998). Transforming qualitative information: Thematic analysis and code

development. Thousand Oaks, London, & New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Colombatto, E. (2001). On the concept of transition. Journal of Markets and Morality,

4(2), pp. 269-355.

Creswell, J.W. (2003). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods

approaches (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, Inc.

Dougherty, K.J. (1994). The contradictory college: The conflicting origins, impacts and

futures of the community college. Albany: State University of New York Press.

Eddy, M.S. (1978). Foreign students in the United States: Is the welcome mat out?

Retrieved from ERIC database. (ED165525)

Ellerbrock, C. & Kiefer, S. (2013). The interplay between adolescent needs and secondary

school structures: Fostering developmentally responsive middle and high school

environments across the transition. The University of North Carolina Press.

Eman, Y. (2013). Managing the transition process of students from junior high-school to high

school. Carmel College, Israel.

Evangelou et al. (2008). What makes a successful transition from primary to secondary school.

Department for Children, Schools and Families. United Kingdom.

2
Glass, V. (2009). How to transition from high school to college. Retrieved from

http://www.ehow.com/PrintArticle.html?id=2301640

Goyol, A. B., (2006). Adjustment problems of African students at public universities in

America. New York: University Press of America, Inc.

Kaplan, R.B. (1987). Foreign students: Developing institutional review. The College

Board Review, 143, 7-30.

Klein, L. (2005). Strangers in a strange land: Creating meaningful research

assignments for the first year orientation class. Retrieved from

http://www.people.eku.edu/kleinl/fye.html

Lester, L. Waters, S., & Cross, D. (2013). The relationship between school connectedness

andmental health during transition to secondary school: A path analysis. Australian

Journal of Guidance and Counseling.

Loke, S. & Lowe, P. (2014). Development and validation of the interpersonal school

transition anxiety scale for use among fourth- to sixth-grades students. National

Association of School Workers.

Mackenzie, E., McMaugh, A., & O’Sullivan, K. (2012). Perceptions of primary to secondary

school transitions: Challenge or threat? Macquarie University.

Maxwell, J. (2005). Qualitative research design: An interactive approach, 2nd Ed., USA: Sage

Publication, Inc.

McDevitt, T., & Ormrod, J. (2004). Child development: Educating and working with children

and adolescents, 2nd ed. New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, p. 490.

3
McDonough, P. M. (2004). The transition to college: Challenges and prospects.

American Council on Education: Center for Policy Analysis. Retrieved from

www.acenet.edu/bookstore/pdf/2004.

Merriam, Sharan B. (n.d.). Qualitative research and case study applications in education.

California: Jossey-Bass

Mitchell, B. (2003). International encyclopedia of marriage and family. Toronto, Canada: The

Gale Group, Inc.

Nann, M. (2008). Making the transition: high school vs. college: Differences, advice for

making it for the next 4+ years. Retrieved from

http://www.kentnewsnet.com/homeindex.cfm?event=displayArticleprinterFriendly.

Ukomadu, L. (2010). International students’ transition and adjustment

to American higher education: Issues and challenges for Nigerian students. A

dissertation submitted to the University of Arkansas. Little Rock

Pascarella, E.T, & Terenzini, P.T. (2005). How college affects students: A third decade of

research, Vol. II. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Imprint.

Patton, M.Q. (1990). Qualitative evaluation and research methods. Educational

Research, 22(2), 24-30.

Rathus, S. (2006). Childhood and adolescence: Voyages development. Canada:

ThomsonLearning, Inc.

Rice, et al. (2014). Identifying factors that predict successful and difficult transitions to

secondary school. STARS.

Rhoads, J. (2009). The transition to college: Top ten issues identified by students: In

order of importance. Retrieved from http://advising.wichita.edu/lasac/pubs/aah/trans.htm

4
Rogers, Bill (2000). Behavior management: A whole-school approach. London. Paul

Chapman Publishing Ltd.

Roybal, V. Thornton, B., & Usinger, J. (2012). Effective ninth-grade transition programs can

promote student success. University of Nevada, Reno.

Santrock, J. (2001). Adolescence, 8th Ed. New York: McGraw Hill.

Schlossberg, N.K., Waters, E.B., & Goodman, J. (1995). Counseling adults in transition

(2nd ed.). New York: Springer.

Schultz, G. (2002). Transition from high school to college. University of Minnesota

Duluth: Retrieved from http://www.d.umn.edu/tutorin/trnsitin.htm

Serbin, L., Stack, D. & Kingdon, D. (2013). Academic success across the transition from

primary to secondary schooling among lower-income adolescents: Understanding

the effects of family resources and gender. New York: Springer Science+Business

Media.

Seidman, I. (2006). Interviewing as qualitative research: A guide for researchers in education

and the social sciences.(3rd Ed.). New York: Teachers College Press.

Shatkin, J.P. (Ed.). (2008). Transition to college: Separation and change for parents and

students: Giving children back their childhood: NYU Child Study Center.

Retrieved from

http://www.aboutourkids.org.articels/transition_college_separation_change_parents.

Slade & Griffith (2013). A whole child approach to student success. KEDI Journal of

Educational Policy. Korean Educational Development Institute.

Suldo, S. & Shaunessy-Dedrick, E. (2013). Changes in stress and psychological

5
 adjustment during the transition to high school among freshmen in an accelerated

curriculum. Journal of Advanced Academics: Florida, USA.

Uvaas, T. & McKevitt, B. (2012). Improving transitions to high school: A review of

Current research and practice. Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.: USA.

Vaz, et al.(2015). Belongingness in early secondary school: Key factors that primary and

secondary schools need to consider. PLoS ONE.

Winkelman, M. (2003). Cultural shock and adaptation. Arizona State University:

Department of Anthropology. Retrieved from

http://www.edu/clas/shesc/projects/bajaethnography/shock.htm

Winton, S. (2013). A qualitative study of East Asian students in American high schools:

Experiences and perspectives of cultural transition, adjustment, and personal growth

(Doctoral dissertation). The University of Maine, US.

Yin, R.K. (1989). Case study research: Designs and method (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks,

CA: Sage Publications.

Ying, Y.W. & Liese, L.H. (1994). Initial adjustment of Taiwanese students to the United
States: The impact of post-arrival variables. Journal of Cross-Cultural
Psychology, 25(4), 466-47

References

Aikins, J., Bierman, K., & Parker, J. (2005). Navigating the transition to junior high

school: The influence of pre-transition friendship and self-system characteristics.

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing.

Anderson, G., Carmichael, K.Y., Harper, T.J., & Huang, T. (2009). International students

at four-year institutions: Developmental needs, issues, and strategies. In S.R.

Harper, & S.J. Quaye (Eds.), Student engagement in higher education:

6
 Theoretical perspectives and practical approaches for diverse populations. New

York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.

Andrade, M.S. (2007). International student persistence: Integration or cultural integrity.

Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 8, 57-81.

Arubayi, E.A. (1980). Identification of problems experienced by Nigerian students in

Kansas State University. Retrieved from ERIC database. (ED198424)

Bailey, S. & Baines, E. (2012). The impact of risk and resiliency factors on the

adjustment of children after the transition from primary to secondary. The British

Psychological Society.

Bandura, A. (1977). Social learning theory. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: PrenticeHall.

Beck, A.T. (1976). Cognitive therapy and emotional disorders. New York: New American

Library.

Benner, A. (2011). The transition to high school: Current knowledge, future directions.

Population Research Center, University of Texas, USA.

Berry, J.W. (1983). Acculturation: A comparative analysis of alternative forms. In R. J.

Samuda, & S.L. Woods (Eds.). Perspectives in immigration and minority

education. New York: University Press of America.

Bohnert, A., Aikins, J., Arola, N. (2013). Regrouping: Organized activity involvement and

social adjustment across transition to high school. Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Boyatzis, R. (1998). Transforming qualitative information: Thematic analysis and code

development. Thousand Oaks, London, & New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Colombatto, E. (2001). On the concept of transition. Journal of Markets and Morality,

4(2), pp. 269-355.

7
Creswell, J.W. (2003). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods

approaches (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, Inc.

Dougherty, K.J. (1994). The contradictory college: The conflicting origins, impacts and

futures of the community college. Albany: State University of New York Press.

Eddy, M.S. (1978). Foreign students in the United States: Is the welcome mat out?

Retrieved from ERIC database. (ED165525)

Ellerbrock, C. & Kiefer, S. (2013). The interplay between adolescent needs and secondary

school structures: Fostering developmentally responsive middle and high school

environments across the transition. The University of North Carolina Press.

Eman, Y. (2013). Managing the transition process of students from junior high-school to high

school. Carmel College, Israel.

Evangelou et al. (2008). What makes a successful transition from primary to secondary school.

Department for Children, Schools and Families. United Kingdom.

Glass, V. (2009). How to transition from high school to college. Retrieved from

http://www.ehow.com/PrintArticle.html?id=2301640

Goyol, A. B., (2006). Adjustment problems of African students at public universities in

America. New York: University Press of America, Inc.

Kaplan, R.B. (1987). Foreign students: Developing institutional review. The College

Board Review, 143, 7-30.

Klein, L. (2005). Strangers in a strange land: Creating meaningful research

assignments for the first year orientation class. Retrieved from

http://www.people.eku.edu/kleinl/fye.html

8
Lester, L. Waters, S., & Cross, D. (2013). The relationship between school connectedness

andmental health during transition to secondary school: A path analysis. Australian

Journal of Guidance and Counseling.

Loke, S. & Lowe, P. (2014). Development and validation of the interpersonal school

transition anxiety scale for use among fourth- to sixth-grades students. National

Association of School Workers.

Mackenzie, E., McMaugh, A., & O’Sullivan, K. (2012). Perceptions of primary to secondary

school transitions: Challenge or threat? Macquarie University.

Maxwell, J. (2005). Qualitative research design: An interactive approach, 2nd Ed., USA: Sage

Publication, Inc.

McDevitt, T., & Ormrod, J. (2004). Child development: Educating and working with children

and adolescents, 2nd ed. New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, p. 490.

McDonough, P. M. (2004). The transition to college: Challenges and prospects.

American Council on Education: Center for Policy Analysis. Retrieved from

www.acenet.edu/bookstore/pdf/2004.

Merriam, Sharan B. (n.d.). Qualitative research and case study applications in education.

California: Jossey-Bass

Mitchell, B. (2003). International encyclopedia of marriage and family. Toronto, Canada: The

Gale Group, Inc.

Nann, M. (2008). Making the transition: high school vs. college: Differences, advice for

making it for the next 4+ years. Retrieved from

http://www.kentnewsnet.com/homeindex.cfm?event=displayArticleprinterFriendly.

9
Ukomadu, L. (2010). International students’ transition and adjustment

to American higher education: Issues and challenges for Nigerian students. A

dissertation submitted to the University of Arkansas. Little Rock

Pascarella, E.T, & Terenzini, P.T. (2005). How college affects students: A third decade of

research, Vol. II. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Imprint.

Patton, M.Q. (1990). Qualitative evaluation and research methods. Educational

Research, 22(2), 24-30.

Rathus, S. (2006). Childhood and adolescence: Voyages development. Canada:

ThomsonLearning, Inc.

Rice, et al. (2014). Identifying factors that predict successful and difficult transitions to

secondary school. STARS.

Rhoads, J. (2009). The transition to college: Top ten issues identified by students: In

order of importance. Retrieved from http://advising.wichita.edu/lasac/pubs/aah/trans.htm

Rogers, Bill (2000). Behavior management: A whole-school approach. London. Paul

Chapman Publishing Ltd.

Roybal, V. Thornton, B., & Usinger, J. (2012). Effective ninth-grade transition programs can

promote student success. University of Nevada, Reno.

Santrock, J. (2001). Adolescence, 8th Ed. New York: McGraw Hill.

Schlossberg, N.K., Waters, E.B., & Goodman, J. (1995). Counseling adults in transition

(2nd ed.). New York: Springer.

Schultz, G. (2002). Transition from high school to college. University of Minnesota

Duluth: Retrieved from http://www.d.umn.edu/tutorin/trnsitin.htm

Serbin, L., Stack, D. & Kingdon, D. (2013). Academic success across the transition from

10
 primary to secondary schooling among lower-income adolescents: Understanding

the effects of family resources and gender. New York: Springer Science+Business

Media.

Seidman, I. (2006). Interviewing as qualitative research: A guide for researchers in education

and the social sciences.(3rd Ed.). New York: Teachers College Press.

Shatkin, J.P. (Ed.). (2008). Transition to college: Separation and change for parents and

students: Giving children back their childhood: NYU Child Study Center.

Retrieved from

http://www.aboutourkids.org.articels/transition_college_separation_change_parents.

Slade & Griffith (2013). A whole child approach to student success. KEDI Journal of

Educational Policy. Korean Educational Development Institute.

Suldo, S. & Shaunessy-Dedrick, E. (2013). Changes in stress and psychological

adjustment during the transition to high school among freshmen in an accelerated

curriculum. Journal of Advanced Academics: Florida, USA.

Uvaas, T. & McKevitt, B. (2012). Improving transitions to high school: A review of

Current research and practice. Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.: USA.

Vaz, et al.(2015). Belongingness in early secondary school: Key factors that primary and

secondary schools need to consider. PLoS ONE.

Winkelman, M. (2003). Cultural shock and adaptation. Arizona State University:

Department of Anthropology. Retrieved from

http://www.edu/clas/shesc/projects/bajaethnography/shock.htm

11
Winton, S. (2013). A qualitative study of East Asian students in American high schools:

Experiences and perspectives of cultural transition, adjustment, and personal growth

(Doctoral dissertation). The University of Maine, US.

Yin, R.K. (1989). Case study research: Designs and method (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks,

CA: Sage Publications.

Ying, Y.W. & Liese, L.H. (1994). Initial adjustment of Taiwanese students to the United
States: The impact of post-arrival variables. Journal of Cross-Cultural
Psychology, 25(4), 466-47

12