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Quaye, Stephen John; Karikari, Shamika N.; Carter, Kiaya Demere; Okello, Wilson Kwamogi; Allen, Courtney – Journal of College Student Development, 2020
Racism is an ordinary, everyday system of oppression with which People of Color contend. Black people navigate a particular form of racism that is rooted in anti-Blackness, which describes a hatred white people, non-Black People of Color, and even some Black people exhibit toward Black people. Black people working in student affairs are not immune…
Descriptors: Racial Discrimination, Racial Bias, Fatigue (Biology), African Americans
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Okello, Wilson Kwamogi; Quaye, Stephen John; Allen, Courtney; Carter, Kiaya Demere; Karikari, Shamika N. – Journal of College Student Development, 2020
Bell's (1992) thesis of racial realism, in concert with the work of Wilderson (2007), Hartman (1997), and Sharpe (2016), positions the afterlife of slavery as an irreconciled event that is ongoing and permanent. If the assumption is that racism exists and, subsequently, racial battle fatigue is and will be an enduring embodied experience that…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, African American Students, Coping, Blacks
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Kirsch, Alexandra C.; Conley, Colleen S.; Riley, Tracey J. – Journal of College Student Development, 2015
We compared a matched sample of heterosexual and lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) students on 5 psychosocial adjustment composites, longitudinally across the transitional first year of college. Both LGB and heterosexual students experienced a significant increase in psychological distress over the first semester, along with significant decreases…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Homosexuality, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation
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Bowman, Nicholas A. – Journal of College Student Development, 2010
The first year of college constitutes a time of substantial transition for incoming students. Clearly, students vary greatly in their ability to cope with and adjust to these new challenges, and some students face far more challenges than others. A potentially important resource for successfully accomplishing this life transition is positive…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Social Psychology, Well Being, Higher Education
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Gordon, Cheryl F.; Juang, Linda P.; Syed, Moin – Journal of College Student Development, 2007
The purpose of the study was to gather descriptive information about college students' Internet use and to explore the relationship between types of Internet use and well-being. The sample consisted of 312 college students (67% female; age range 18-49 years; M = 21.34 years, SD = 5.05). Self-report questionnaires were administered in a large…
Descriptors: College Students, Factor Structure, Coping, Information Seeking
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Kenny, Maureen E.; Perez, Vivian – Journal of College Student Development, 1996
Using a multiethnic sample (African American, Latino, Asian American), examined the degree to which family attachment is related to psychological well-being at the time of college orientation. Analysis suggested that characteristics of secure attachment are negatively associated with psychological symptoms of distress at the time of college entry.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Asian Americans, Attachment Behavior, Blacks