Meaning-Making Capacity and the Dynamics of Lesbian College Students' Multiple Dimensions of Identity

By Elisa S. Abes, Susan R. Jones. 2004

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Subfields: Demography, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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The Positive Aspects of Being a Lesbian or Gay Man (2008, background): “Other researchers have studied how lesbians make meaning of their lesbian identity (e.g., Abes & Jones, 2004; Fassinger, 1998).”
Self-Authorship: The Foundation for Twenty-First-Century Education. (2007, background): “Elisa Abes’s study of lesbian college students informs the complex dynamics of sexual orientation in the evolution of cognitive, identity, and relationship growth (Abes, 2003; Abes and Jones, 2004).”
Constructing Identities at the Intersections: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Multiple Dimensions of Identity (2009, methodology): “…model has been reconceptualized based upon the results of a narrative inquiry on lesbian college students’ perceptions of their multiple identities (Abes & Jones, 2004); and extended to integrate the interaction of meaningmaking capacity with contextual influences on selfperceived multiple social…”
Long Strides on the Journey toward Self-Authorship: Substantial Developmental Shifts in College Students' Meaning Making (2013, background): “…to action, leading to substantial developmental advancement (Barber & king, in press). as noted above, populations who have experienced marginalization (abes & Jones, 2004; pizzolato, 2003; torres, 2010) were more likely to demonstrate self-authoring approaches than other student populations.”
The Activity of Meaning Making: A Holistic Perspective on College Student Development (2009, background): “Abes’s (2003, 2009; Abes & Jones, 2004) 4year study of lesbian college students reveals the role of heteronormativity in these students’ journey toward selfauthorship, a dynamic I return to in the discussion of future directions of theoretical research.”
Interview Strategies for Assessing Self-Authorship: Constructing Conversations to Assess Meaning Making (2007, background): “Recent research reveals that dissonance in any of these dimensions can initiate development (Abes, 2003; Pizzolato, 2005; Torres, 2003).”
Leadership Identity Development Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Student Leaders (2005, background): “In recent years, researchers have established a modest body of scholarship on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) college students (e.g., Abes & Jones, 2004; Dilley, 2002, 2005; Broido & Evans, Kristen A. Renn is an assistant professor of higher, adult, and lifelong education; and Brent…”