College Student Recovery and Identity Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (170) ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Penny J. Rosenthal ◽  
Jamie Buckalew‐Hedin
Keyword(s):  
College Student ◽  
Identity Development

Factor Structure of the Vocational Identity Status Assessment (VISA) in University, Liberal Arts, and Community College Students

2020 ◽  
pp. 106907272097527
Author(s):  
Arne Weigold ◽  
Ingrid K. Weigold ◽  
Margo A. Gregor ◽  
Emily M. Thornton
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
College Student ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vocational Identity ◽  
Identity Status ◽  
Status Assessment

The Vocational Identity Status Assessment (VISA) measures vocational identity development in adolescents and emerging adults. Although the initial six-factor structure has been confirmed, there have not yet been studies assessing other plausible factor structures. Additionally, the VISA has not previously been examined in some major types of institutions of higher education in the United States. The current study assessed five potential factor structures for the VISA in three college student samples: 857 from a large public university, 196 from a small, private, minority-majority liberal arts college, and 320 from a community college. The six-factor structure was the best-fitting model of the ones examined and showed evidence of multigroup invariance up to the strict level. There were notable latent mean differences across samples, as well as frequency differences for vocational identity statuses. These findings have implications for the appropriate modeling of the VISA and its use within diverse college student samples.

A Life in Bits and Bytes: A Portrait of a College Student and Her Life with Digital Media

2011 ◽  
Vol 113 (9) ◽  
pp. 1960-1982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Davis
Keyword(s):  
College Student ◽  
Young People ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
New Phenomena

Background/Context Digital media seem to pervade all aspects of American youth's lives, from communicating with friends and family to learning about the world around them. Many educators and scholars celebrate the new opportunities for learning that Web 2.0 tools present, and empirical evidence suggests that computer-mediated communication positively influences the quality of adolescents’ friendships. Yet, adults are also mindful of the risks associated with youth's digital media activities, including the negative effects of multitasking and the implications for identity development of being perpetually “tethered” to one's friends and family. Focus of Study Because widespread Internet and mobile phone use are still relatively new phenomena, further research is needed to investigate their effects on young people. Existing research indicates that the effects are unlikely to be wholly positive or negative. In this article, the author explores the tension between the promises and perils associated with digital media in the context of one college student's daily experiences. Research Design Using the qualitative method of portraiture, the author examined how one college student uses digital media in her everyday life; her motivations and goals for using various media; and the opportunities and drawbacks she perceives in her daily media use. Conclusions This student's experiences illuminate the always-connected, always-connecting quality of life for today's young people. Her experiences also reveal the complexity of life with digital media, because media both support her connections to people and ideas and give rise to feelings of disconnection and fragmentation. Finally, this portrait highlights the need for and value of nurturing youth's reflective practices and providing them with spaces to engage in sustained reflection.

The Relationship Between Perceived College Student Satisfaction and Goal-Directedness

1979 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 225-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Jenks ◽  
Jonathan Kahane ◽  
Virginia Bobinski ◽  
Tina Piermarini
Keyword(s):  
College Student ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
College Student Satisfaction ◽  
Goal Directedness ◽  
The Relationship

Factor Analyses of the College Student Questionnaires

1975 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 225-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham A. Panackal ◽  
Alan L. Sockloff
Keyword(s):  
College Student ◽  
Factor Analyses
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