Academic and Psychological Functioning in Late Adolescence: The Importance of School Belonging

By Laura D. Pittman, Adeya Richmond. 2007

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Education

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Fitting in to Move Forward (2017, background): “…sense of belonging is a robust predictor of academic motivation, engagement, and achievement in STEM fields, as well as in achievement domains more generally (Hausmann, Schofield, & Woods, 2007; Pittman & Richmond, 2007; Walton, Cohen, Cwir, & Spencer, 2012; Zumbrunn, McKim, Buhs, & Hawley, 2014).”
It feels good to learn where I belong: School belonging, academic emotions, and academic achievement in adolescents (2015, background): “…academic attitudes and intrinsic motivation (Anderman, 2003; Freeman, Anderman, & Jensen, 2007), self-concepts and self-efficacy (Anderman, 2002; Pittman & Richmond, 2007), school adaptation and satisfaction (McMahon, Parnes, Keys, & Viola, 2008; Pittman & Richmond, 2007), and academic emotions…”
Four domains of students’ sense of belonging to university (2019, background): “…psychological functioning (Hagerty et al. 1996), support and caring (Freeman, Anderman, and Jensen 2007), college activities (Hurtado and Carter 1997), self-confidence and academic achievement (Pittman and Richmond 2007), and social recognition and acceptance (Freeman, Anderman, and Jensen 2007).”
A Sense of Belonging Among College Students With Disabilities: An Emergent Theoretical Model (2015, background): “Findings related to mastery of the demands of the student role affirm the limited literature that highlights the relationship between academic success and belonging (Pittman & Richmond, 2007; Summers & Svinicki, 2007).”
Brief Research Report: Sense of Belonging and Academic Help-Seeking as Self-Regulated Learning (2019, background): “For instance, when students feel like they belong to their university, they are less likely to feel anxious, depressed, or lonely (e.g., Alkan, 2016; Gummadam, Pittman, & Ioffe, 2016; Pittman & Richmond, 2007, 2008).”
Loneliness, college belongingness, subjective vitality, and psychological adjustment during coronavirus pandemic: Development of the College Belongingness Questionnaire (2020, background): “College students with a high sense of belonging also reported more effective adaptive help-seeking strategies (Won et al., 2019), fewer psychological difficulties (Pittman & Richmond, 2007; Thompson et al., 2019) and loneliness (Mounts, 2004), and higher affective well-being (Çivitci, 2014).”
Sense of Belonging and Self-Regulated Learning: Testing Achievement Goals as Mediators (2018, background): “…to previous findings demonstrating the association between school belonging and school adjustment for college students (Hausmann et al., 2007; Pittman & Richmond, 2007, 2008), we provided empirical evidence indicating that school belonging could be a source of cognitive and behavioral…”
The relationships between school climate and adolescent mental health and wellbeing: A systematic literature review (2018, unknown): “(cid:129) Finally, adolescents ’ ethnicity a ﬀ ected the relationships between school climate and mental health in the studies by Gerard and Buehler (2004) and Pittman and Richmond (2007).”
Assessing students’ views of school climate: Developing and validating the What’s Happening In This School? (WHITS) questionnaire (2013, background): “Research findings indicate that students’ perceptions of school connectedness (sense of belonging to a school community) is positively related to academic achievement and engagement (Bond et al., 2007; Lonczak et al., 2002; Pittman & Richmond, 2007).”
School Belonging, Ethnic Identity, and Psychological Adjustment Among Ethnic Minority College Students (2016, methodology): “…to a group, a sense of school belonging and ethnic identity, have been linked to better psychological adjustment (e.g., Phinney & Alipuria, 1990; Pittman & Richmond, 2007); however, to date, these constructs Address correspondence to Dr. Laura D. Pittman, Department of Psychology, Northern…”
Connection and Commitment: How Sense of Belonging and Classroom Community Influence Degree Persistence for African American Undergraduate Women. (2016, background): “Belongingness has been studied in K-12 settings (Finn & Zimmer, 2012; Goodenow, 1993), at the postsecondary level (Kay, Summers, & Svinicki, 2011; Morrow & Ackerman, 2012; Pittman & Richmond, 2007) and also at the faculty ranks (Kelly & McCann, 2014).”
Initial Development and Validation of the School Belongingness Scale (2016, background): “Further, students’ reports of belonging at the university as well as in high school were significant in either predicting their current academic performance or levels of psychological adjustment (Pittman and Richmond 2007).”
Perceived Stress and Life Satisfaction in College Students: Belonging and Extracurricular Participation as Moderators (2015, background): “As college belonging of students increases, scholastic competency, self-worth, social acceptance, friendship qualities (Pittman & Richmond, 2007), and interpersonal interaction (Hausmann et al., 2007) increase, and the college students having a high sense of belonging might benefit from…”
The Experience of Low-SES Students in Higher Education: Psychological Barriers to Success and Interventions to Reduce Social-Class Inequality (2017, background): “…low-SES students regularly report feeling like they “do not belong” in the college context (Harackiewicz et al., 2014; Ostrove & Long, 2007; Pittman & Richmond, 2007; Rubin, 2012; Soria & Stebleton, 2013) and are particularly prone to experience “imposter syndrome” (i.e., the feeling…”