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Gay Male Identity In The Context Of College: Implications For Development, Support, And Campus Climate, James M. Devita
Gay Male Identity In The Context Of College: Implications For Development, Support, And Campus Climate, James M. Devita
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation includes three articles that explore the relationship between gay identity and the college environment. The college environment has been shown to affect students’ attitudes, beliefs, and personal development in various ways, including aspects of individuals’ identity and attitudes towards social and political issues in society. D’Augelli’s (1994) lesbian-gay-bisexual (LGB) identity development framework provides both a priori knowledge of issues associated with gay identity and a lens through which findings are analyzed in each of the articles included in this dissertation. The first article examines the relationship between first-year college students’ personal characteristics and their attitudes towards same-sex relationships. …
The Caller And The Called: How Young Adults Understand Vocation In Their Lives, John A. Dahlstrand
The Caller And The Called: How Young Adults Understand Vocation In Their Lives, John A. Dahlstrand
Dissertations
While scholarly research offers some insight into the career decision-making process, it says little about how individuals discern their callings and how the vocational discernment process affects career choice. Accordingly, this study generated baseline understandings in both of these areas that proved theoretically and practically fruitful and which have the potential to serve as a launching pad for future research. These new understandings are critical because decisions relating to career choice and vocation are of particular importance to college-aged adults.
This study was informed by a conceptual framework identifying seven key domains that were assumed to potentially shape students' understanding …