School Belonging, Ethnic Identity, and Psychological Adjustment Among Ethnic Minority College Students
School Belonging, Ethnic Identity, and Psychological Adjustment Among Ethnic Minority College Students
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DOI:
10.1080/00220973.2015.1048844
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发表时间:
2016-04-02
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
Ioffe, Micah
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作者:
Gummadam, Praveena;Pittman, Laura D.;Ioffe, Micah
This study considers how the psychological adjustment of ethnic minority college students may be linked to a sense of school belonging and ethnic identity, two constructs related to individuals feeling like they belong to a larger group. Using self-reports from 311 undergraduates from ethnic minority backgrounds, school belonging was found to be negatively associated with depressive symptoms, and positively associated with perceived self-worth, scholastic competence, and social acceptance, while ethnic identity was only found to be positively associated with self-worth. Furthermore, the interaction between ethnic identity and school belonging was significantly associated with self-worth, suggesting that in the absence of a sense of belonging at school, stronger ethnic identity was linked to higher self-worth. College students reported the lowest levels of self-worth when they were neither connected to their college nor connected to their ethnic group.