Sense of Belonging as a Predictor of Intentions to Persist Among African American and White First-Year College Students

By L. Hausmann, Janet Ward Schofield, Rochelle L. Woods. 2007

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Education, Social Psychology

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Sentido de Pertenencia (2008, background): “Second, previous studies on sense of belonging have focused on part-time learners (Kember & Leung, 2004), women (Ostrove, 2003), African American students (Hausmann et al., 2006; Mendoza-Denton, Downey, Purdie, Davis, & Pietrzak, 2002), and Asian Americans (Lee & Davis, 2000).”
First-generation students' academic engagement and retention (2012, background): “Similarly, Hausmann, Schofield, and Woods ( 2007 ) discovered that students' academic integration was associated with an increase in sense of belonging over time, surmising that ‘How well a student adjusts to the academic environment of college is thus closely tied to their developing sense of belon”
Student engagement evidence summary (2010, background): “Interacting with staff has been shown to have a powerful impact on learning (Pascarella and Terenzini, 1991, 2005; Astin, 1993; Kuh and Hu 2001; Hausmann et al., 2007; Cuseo, 2007), especially when it takes place outside of the classroom and responds to individual student needs (Kuh and Hu, 2001;…”
School Belonging, Ethnic Identity, and Psychological Adjustment Among Ethnic Minority College Students (2016, background): “Overall, this study suggests the continued need to consider a sense of school belonging among ethnic minority college students, not only because of its ties to academic outcomes and retention in college (e.g., Hausmann et al., 2007), but to help improve students’ psychological adjustment.”
Finding My Way: Perceptions of Institutional Support and Belonging in Low-Income, First-Generation, First-Year College Students (2017, background): “A range of academic and social factors support sense of belonging during the first year of college (e.g., Bradbury & Mather, 2009; Freeman et al., 2007; Hausmann et al., 2007; Hoffman et al., 2002; Strayhorn, 2012).”
The Influence of Institutional Retention Climates on Student Persistence to Degree Completion: A Multilevel Approach (2009, background): “We also know that those who feel isolated or lack a sense-of-belonging during their early years of college are more likely to leave (Hurtado and Carter 1997; Hausmann et al. 2007 ).”
The Impact of Culturally Engaging Campus Environments on Sense of Belonging (2016, methodology): “Hausmann et al. (2007), for example, used growth modeling techniques to analyze a sample of 254 Black and 291 White students at one predominantly White institution (PWI).”
Fittin' In: Do Diverse Interactions with Peers Affect Sense of Belonging for Black Men at Predominantly White Institutions? (2008, background): “The idea of sense of belonging has been well established in the literature (Baumeister & Leary, 1995; Belch, 2004–05; Hagerty, Williams, & Oe, 2002; Hale, Hannum, & Espelage, 2005; Hausmann et al., 2006; Hurtado & Carter, 1997; Jacoby & Garland, 2004–05).”
A Critical Quantitative Analysis of Students’ Sense of Belonging: Perspectives on Race, Generation Status, and Collegiate Environments (2020, background): “To begin, a large body of scholarship has revealed how various racial groups report their belongingness on college campuses (e.g., Hausmann et al., 2007; Hurtado & Carter, 1997; Johnson et al., 2007; Museus & Maramba, 2011; Samura, 2016; Strayhorn, 2019).”