“People Like Us”: Theorizing First-Generation College as a Marker of Difference

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-43
Author(s):  
Chase Bollig ◽  
Keyword(s):  
First Generation ◽  
First Generation College

First-Generation College Students: Predicting Stress and Career Outcome Expectation

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei-Wen W. Ma ◽  
Munyi Shea ◽  
Treah Caldwell ◽  
Login George ◽  
Tania Chowdhury ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
First Generation ◽  
First Generation College Students ◽  
Outcome Expectation ◽  
First Generation College

A Longitudinal Investigation of First-Generation College Students’ Mentoring Relationships During Their Transition to Higher Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 152102512110227
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Hagler ◽  
Kirsten M. Christensen ◽  
Jean E. Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
First Generation ◽  
First Generation College Students ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
First Year ◽  
School Membership ◽  
Longitudinal Investigation ◽  
First Generation College

Non-parent mentoring relationships are important protective factors for first-generation college students. Previous research has focused on singular mentoring relationships measured at one time point, failing to capture the breadth and dynamic nature of social networks. The current study is a longitudinal investigation of first-generation students’ mentoring networks during their transition to college at a four-year, predominantly minority-serving commuter university. At the beginning and end of their first year, students (N = 176) responded to online surveys on their mentoring relationship(s), attitudes toward help-seeking, and college experiences. Cumulative support from pre-college mentoring relationships retained across the first year was positively associated with self-efficacy. Support from newly acquired mentoring relationships was positively associated with psychological sense of school membership. Network orientation was positively associated with self-efficacy and sense of school membership. These findings highlight the importance of diverse mentoring networks and demonstrate the utility of collecting longitudinal data on multiple mentoring relationships.

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