Persisting in college requires resilience for emerging adults, who must adapt to a new culture with different norms. Many also struggle with financial pressure, mental health issues, and interpersonal stressors. This longitudinal study proposes and tests a model of the communication factors that predict social network resilience skills during the transition to college. A sample of 436 first-year college students in the Mountain West region of the United States reported their family communication patterns, perceived friend and family support, communication confidence, and social network resilience skills (SNRS) at two points in time. Model testing revealed that friend support, family support, and communication confidence mediate the positive effect of conversation orientation on SNRS. Friend support mediates the positive effect of conformity orientation on SNRS. Theoretical implications for the Communication Theory of Resilience and Family Communication Patterns Theory are discussed.

坚持上大学要求新兴成年人具有韧性，他们必须适应具有不同规范的新文化。许多人还面临着财务压力，精神健康问题和人际压力源的困扰。这项纵向研究提出并测试了预测大学过渡期间社交网络适应能力的交流因素模型。在美国西部山区的436名一年级大学生样本中，他们在两个时间点报告了他们的家庭沟通方式，知觉的朋友和家人支持，沟通信心以及社交网络适应能力（SNRS）。模型测试表明，朋友的支持，家人的支持和沟通的信心介导了谈话方向对SNRS的积极影响。朋友支持在SNRS上协调了整合方向的积极影响。讨论了复原力传播理论和家庭传播模式理论的理论含义。