Long Strides on the Journey Toward Self-Authorship: Substantial Developmental Shifts in College Students’ Meaning Making

2013 ◽  
Vol 84 (6) ◽  
pp. 866-896 ◽  
Author(s):  
James P. Barber ◽  
Patricia M. King ◽  
Marcia B. Baxter Magolda
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Self Authorship

Lessons of loss: Meaning-making in bereaved college students

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 (121) ◽  
pp. 27-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Neimeyer ◽  
Anna Laurie ◽  
Tara Mehta ◽  
Heather Hardison ◽  
Joseph M. Currier
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Meaning Making

Space for Grieving: Themes of Meaning Making and Growth Among Bereaved College Students

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin D. Lord ◽  
Sandra E. Gramling ◽  
Elizabeth Collison ◽  
Rachel Weiskittle
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Meaning Making

Is First-Gen an Identity? How First-Generation College Students Make Meaning of Institutional and Familial Constructions of Self

2020 ◽  
pp. 152102512091330
Author(s):  
Genia M. Bettencourt ◽  
Koboul E. Mansour ◽  
Mujtaba Hedayet ◽  
Patricia Tita Feraud-King ◽  
Kat J. Stephens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
First Generation College Students ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Generation Status ◽  
First Generation College

Institutions increasingly use first-generation categorizations to provide support to students. In this study, we sought to understand how students make meaning of their first-generation status by conducting a series of focus groups with 54 participants. Our findings reveal that students saw first-generation status as an organizational and familial identity rather than social identities. This status was connected to alterity and social distance that was most salient in comparison to continuing-generation peers. Our recommendations include reexamining the role of first-generation-specific programming on campus, creating opportunities for meaning-making, supporting students within changing family dynamics, and exploring the interaction between first-generation status and other marginalized identities.

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