College Aspirations, College-Going Behaviors, School Policing, and School Discipline as Factors of Depressive Symptoms Among Prospective First-Generation College Students

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Abstract

Associations between college aspirations, college-going behaviors, and depressive symptoms among adolescent prospective first-generation college students.

Relation between college aspirations, college-going behaviors, school policing, and school discipline on the depressive symptoms of prospective FGCS. Regression was conducted for associations: college aspirations, college-going behaviors, school policing, and school discipline, and depressive symptoms.

Importance of graduating from college, likelihood of graduating from college, talked to an adult about applying to college, talked to parent/guardian about college, talked to a teacher/coach about college, police regularly stationed at school, and other security regularly stationed had lower depressive symptoms. Talked to a guidance counselor, stopped by school police, saw someone stopped by school police, and ever been school disciplined had higher depressive symptoms.

Author

• Collin Perryman, Morgan State University