Development of a Sense of Belonging for Privileged and Minoritized Students: An Emergent Model

By A. Vaccaro, B. Newman. 2016

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Abstract:This article reports findings from a constructionist grounded theory study with 51 first-year college students. We explored student definitions and development of a sense of belonging during their first year of college. Belonging for all participants was shaped by 3 themes: environmental perceptions, involvement, and relationships. Yet, there were vast differences in the ways students from privileged and minoritized social identity groups defined belonging and made meaning of the 3 emergent themes. A model of belonging for privileged and minoritized college students is presented.

Subfields: Education, Safety Research, Social Psychology

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• Finding My Way: Perceptions of Institutional Support and Belonging in Low-Income, First-Generation, First-Year College Students (2017, background): “Social identities and their systemic oppression, such as classism, racism, and the intersectionality of these forms of oppression can also shape students’ sense of belonging in higher education (Strayhorn, 2012; Vaccaro & Newman, 2016).”