First-year Students ’ Psychological and Behavior Adaptation to College: The Role of Coping Strategies and Social Support*

Abstract: This study investigates 311 first-year students ’ psychological and behavior adaptation to college and the mediate role of coping strategies and social support. The investigates reveal that: (1) first-year students who are from countryside, live in poor families, speak in dialects or major in science and engineering have poorer adaptation to college than their counterparts; (2) first-year students ’ psychological and behavior adaptation to college was influenced by not only directly coping strategies, but also indirectly social supports. Positive coping strategies maybe make students ’ adaptation to college better. Key words: first-year student; psychological and behavior adaptation to college; coping strategy; social support 1