Assessing the Role of Quest and Religiosity on Identity Formation Among Emerging Adults in India and the United States

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niyatee Sukumaran ◽  
Jennie Mendes ◽  
Jane Compson ◽  
Steven L. Berman ◽  
Min Cheng
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals Identity Crisis: The Agency of Instagram in Schools of Architecture

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin J. Smith ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Identity Crisis ◽  
Prospective Student ◽  
Representational Practice ◽  
Contemporary Architecture

The focus of this paper addresses themes of neoliberalism, university commercialization and marketing, architecture school identity formation as a representational practice through social media, and the role of image curation and its production in contemporary architecture. This paper emerged after hearing the phrase ‘buyer’s motive,’ which explained what schools needed to consider for attracting students to their programs at a conference by Ruffalo Noel Levtiz on recruitment, marketing, and retention in higher education in the United States. The use of the word, ‘buyer’, instead of ‘student’, or ‘prospective student’, or ‘learner’ seemingly transformed the production of engaged education to its passive consumption.

Intersectionality and Identity Configurations: A Qualitative Study Exploring Sexual Identity Development Among Emerging Adults Within the United States

2020 ◽  
pp. 216769682094659 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua G. Parmenter ◽  
Renee V. Galliher ◽  
Ashley C. Yaugher ◽  
Adam D. A. Maughan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
The United States ◽  
Identity Conflict ◽  
Sexual Identity Development ◽  
Individual Interviews

Although modern comprehensive conceptual models of sexual identity development acknowledge contextual factors, existing models have placed less emphasis on (a) the influence of multiple domains of identity on sexual identity formation and (b) centrality and negotiation of various domains of identity. The present study sought to explore processes, identity conflicts, and management of sexual identity relative to other identity domains among sexual minority emerging adults in the United States. Fourteen sexual minority emerging adults (20–25 years) with a diverse array of identities participated in semistructured individual interviews, and five participants engaged in two follow-up focus groups. Findings supported two broad categories with subthemes: identity conflict (unaffirming and oppressive contexts, lack of resources to explore identity) and identity coherence (resources used to manage and facilitate identity coherence; acceptance, affirmation, and harmony; and centrality and salience of sexual identity within identity configurations). Findings have implications for the study of sexual identity development within the context of other domains of identity.

scholarly journals Cultural Identity Formation: A Personal Narrative

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-83
Author(s):  
Jose Carbajal
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Personal Narrative ◽  
The United States ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Professional Social Worker ◽  
Cultural Identity Formation

This paper provides personal experiences and perceptions of being a minoritized individual. This is the story of a professional social worker learning to adapt to social norms and expectations of self. He discusses the struggles he experienced as an adolescent and as a young adult attending college. Through this narrative, the role of faith and social work intersect, especially as a professional social worker. It is at this intersection that this social worker learns to live a holistic life without feeling discriminated against or ashamed of his identity. He begins to actualize a reality with imperfect beings who also struggle to maintain their identity as well. Thus, in this paper, the author provides a snapshot of his development as a minority in the United States.   

scholarly journals Art and Disability: Intersecting Identities Among Young Artists with Disabilities

2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Sullivan Sulewski ◽  
Heike Boeltzig ◽  
Rooshey Hasnain
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Disability Culture ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Disability Identity ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Intersecting Identities

<p>Disability arts in the United Kingdom and disability culture in the United States play important roles in expressing a positive disability identity. This paper reports on expressions about identity, in both artwork and reflective words, of 47 young artists with disabilities who were finalists in the VSA arts / Volkswagen arts competition between 2002 and 2005. As part of an evaluation of this program, we reviewed the artists' application essays and artwork. In doing so, we found a wealth of information on their perceptions of what it means to be a person with a disability and an artist, and how these two identities intersect. The findings provide insights into the role of the arts in identity formation for young people with disabilities, and point to the potential for future research on how arts and disability interact.</p><p>Keywords</p><p>affirmative model of disability, impairment, art, artists, culture, identity</p>

From Haiti to Detroit Through Black Immigrant Languages and Literacies

2021 ◽  
pp. 1086296X2110312
Author(s):  
Lakeya Omogun ◽  
Allison Skerrett
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Immigrant Youth ◽  
The United States ◽  
Language And Literacy ◽  
Asian Immigrant ◽  
Black Immigrant ◽  
Inquiry Method

This article undertakes a textual analysis of an autobiographically informed novel, American Street, to analyze the process of identity formation of a Black Haitian immigrant youth in the United States. Black immigrant youth remain an understudied demographic in literacy research compared with their Latinx and Asian immigrant counterparts. The goal of this analysis is to provide insights into the role of languages and literacies for Black immigrant youth in (re)constructing their identities in nations like the United States. Analysis revealed the significance of one youth’s resistance to raciolinguistic ideologies, reliance on her Haitian faith literacies, and deployment of multiliteracy practices in (re)constructing her identity. We call for increased research that illuminates the complexity of the language and literacy processes involved in Black immigrant youth’s negotiations with identity in new homelands, and offer textual analysis as an underutilized but promising inquiry method for generating such knowledge. The article also offers pedagogical implications.

The Role of Gender and Sensation Seeking in Film Choice

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 97-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Smita C. Banerjee ◽  
Kathryn Greene ◽  
Marina Krcmar ◽  
Zhanna Bagdasarov ◽  
Dovile Ruginyte
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Positive Mood ◽  
The United States ◽  
High Arousal ◽  
Subject Design ◽  
Happy Mood

This study demonstrates the significance of individual difference factors, particularly gender and sensation seeking, in predicting media choice (examined through hypothetical descriptions of films that participants anticipated they would view). This study used a 2 (Positive mood/negative mood) × 2 (High arousal/low arousal) within-subject design with 544 undergraduate students recruited from a large northeastern university in the United States. Results showed that happy films and high arousal films were preferred over sad films and low-arousal films, respectively. In terms of gender differences, female viewers reported a greater preference than male viewers for happy-mood films. Also, male viewers reported a greater preference for high-arousal films compared to female viewers, and female viewers reported a greater preference for low-arousal films compared to male viewers. Finally, high sensation seekers reported a preference for high-arousal films. Implications for research design and importance of exploring media characteristics are discussed.

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