Family support in the adjustment of Portuguese young people to higher education: An integrative literature review
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University Students, First Year Students, Family, Family Support, AdaptationAbstract
Entry into higher education presents young university students with numerous challenges and changes that can have different implications on the degree of success and satisfaction with life, and with academic life in particular. In a period marked by the expectation of continuing their academic choices in a new context, higher education students will mobilize their resources for the adaptation process. In this process, despite the recognition of the importance of family support, very few is known about the role of family support and the perception of this support by students. Seeking to fill this gap, the present study presents an integrative review of articles published in the last 30 years, with the objective of describing the different ways of relating family support to the process of adaptation to the Portuguese university context, during the period of emerging adulthood. Particular attention is given to the research results, namely those that point to the influence of the family and the role it assumes in adaptation. Different databases were consulted (SciELO, Google Scholar, Scopus, Dialnet and RCAAP) and 12 articles were selected. The selected studies show the role of the family and the perceived family support as predictive variables of positive adaptation. The need for further studies is highlighted, particularly with focusing on the characteristics of family support during the period of adaptation to the academic context.
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