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
STARS Citation
Washburn, Stephanie, "The Influence of Intersectionality on Identity and Resilience" (2024). Honors Undergraduate Theses. 90.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/hut2024/90
Included in
Clinical Psychology Commons, Developmental Psychology Commons, Social Psychology Commons
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