¿Pertenezco a esta Universidad?: The Mediating Role of Belonging for Collective Self-Esteem and Mattering for Latin@ Undergraduates

Supporting the well-being of student veterans and service members: Contextual factors and self-determination

“…No prior studies have examined the relation between volitional autonomy and cultural identity in college students. The absence of a significant relation with perceived relatedness contradicts two prior studies (Dueñas & Gloria, 2017;Miville et al, 2004) that found medium to large correlations between positive regard for ethnic/cultural identity and perceived relatedness. At present, it appears that holding one's identity as a veteran in higher esteem is associated with greater perceptions of academic competence and autonomy, although this finding would greatly benefit from replication.…”

“…Veteran identity has not been examined in relation to other constructs that were included in the present study, although centrality of and positive regard toward other identities (e.g., racial, ethnic, sexual) have been found to significantly relate to several of the aforementioned constructs. Of note, in college student samples they were significantly related to perceived competence (Kim & Omizo, 2005), perceived relatedness (e.g., Dueñas & Gloria, 2017), and global well-being (e.g., Griffin, Chavous, Cogburn, Branch, & Sellers, 2012). Taken together, these preliminary findings suggested that veteran identity centrality and positive regard for veteran identity would increase the predictive utility of the present model of SVSM well-being.…”

“…Two studies were located that examined the relation between other cultural identities and perceived relatedness in college student samples. Dueñas & Gloria (2017) found a large correlation between positive regard for ethnic identity and perceived academic relatedness (r = .53, p < .001). Miville, Romans, Johnson, & Lone (2004) found a medium correlation between positive regard for cultural identity (broadly defined) and general perceived relatedness (r = .37, p < .001), whereas the correlation between cultural identity centrality and general perceived relatedness was not significant.…”

¡Pertenecemos y tenemos importancia aquí! Exploring Sense of Belonging and Mattering for First-Generation and Continuing-Generation Latinx Undergraduates

“…2002), to name a few. It is in the context of person-environment processes that scholars have explored how comfort (Cavazos et al, 2010;Gloria et al, 2017) and connection within the university context (Bordes & Arredondo, 2005;Kim et al, 2014;Martinez, 2018) inform Latinx students' sense of mattering to others in their educational setting (Dueñas & Gloria, 2017;France & Finney, 2009;Huerta & Fishman, 2014). Thus, the study's purpose assesses how motivation, belonging, and congruity inform mattering for Latinx undergraduates with varied academic and social affiliations.…”

The Effects of Mattering and Combat Deployment on Student Service Members/Veterans’ College Adjustment: A Psychosociocultural Approach

“…That individuals matter to others influences their sense of self and how they perceive that others are interested or concerned about them (Elliot et al, 2004;Tovar, Simon, & Lee, 2009). Mattering within the context of higher education has been connected to an individual's perception of feeling connected with and belonging to one's contiguous peer group (Dueñas & Gloria, 2017;France & Finney, 2010;Schlossberg, 1989), social connections (Elliot et al, 2004), and adjustment within the proximate environment (Garriott et al, 2010).…”