Keywords

psychology; identity; intersectionality; resilience; development

Abstract

Co-occurring multiple minority group membership (e.g., ethnic/racial minority and sexual/gender minority) has come to be referred as intersectionality. The purpose of this study was to explore if intersectionality is related to identity and resilience in undergraduate adults. The participant pool consisted of college students from a large metropolitan university in the Southeastern United States, (N = 340), who took an anonymous online self-report survey battery in exchange for course credit. Higher levels of resilience were associated with lower levels of identity distress. Further, identity commitment, but not identity exploration, predicted resiliency. Sexual/Gender Minority (SGM) individuals had lower resiliency than non-SGM individuals, regardless of race/ethnicity. Possible reasons for these findings are discussed throughout.

Thesis Completion Year

2024

Thesis Completion Semester

Spring

Thesis Chair

Berman, Steven

College

College of Sciences

Department

Psychology

Thesis Discipline

Psychology

Language

English

Access Status

Open Access

Length of Campus Access

None

Campus Location

Orlando (Main) Campus

Subjects

Sexual minority college students--Identity; Intersectionality (Sociology); Resilience (Personality trait) in adolescence--Study and teaching; Minority college students--Psychology; Sexual minorities--Identity

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