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An Examination Of Two Types Of Identity Achievement, Emily Kuehn, Maggie Schauff, Oscar Baldelomar Mar 2019

An Examination Of Two Types Of Identity Achievement, Emily Kuehn, Maggie Schauff, Oscar Baldelomar

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2019

Marcia’s ethnic identity status model (MEIM) emphasizes an independent process of identity formation where adolescents choose a differing identity from influencing authorities, similar to changing religions from what one’s parents believe to another. Phinney & Baldelomar (2011) modified this approach to balance individualistic and collectivistic identity outcomes. This modified approach uses the AMIS (Adaptive Measure of Identity Statuses), which classifies participants into statuses including two types of identity achievements: interdependent/collectivistic and independent/individualistic identity outcomes. The AMIS is a self-guided questionnaire that provides follow-up questions based on past answers. We examined the validity of the AMIS against the MEIM’s scores on …


Domestic Violence And Its Impact On Children, Charles D. Hassinger Mar 2019

Domestic Violence And Its Impact On Children, Charles D. Hassinger

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2019

Domestic violence (DV) is an ongoing phenomenon, detrimentally affecting society. Often, women suffer as direct victims of DV, but children who witness DV also experience adverse effects in these settings. For a single day in 2018, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services reported, “19,673 children found safe-refuge in domestic violence emergency shelters or transitional housing programs, with another 5,888 children receiving non-residential services with their abused parent”. Research studies in the fields of Human Services, Sociology and Psychology have not fully explored this element of the family relationship. In my review, so far, I have learned that the …


Social Class And Its Affects On Childhood Bereavement, Connor Kirwan Mar 2019

Social Class And Its Affects On Childhood Bereavement, Connor Kirwan

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2019

I propose that the treatment and coping of bereavement among children depends on their social class. I researched and analyzed secondary sources and cited existing related literature studying childhood bereavement in the United States as well as the effect that social class has on it. I argue that social class greatly determines children’s experiences of bereavement as well as the struggles and dynamics that change within the family due to differing financial situations, emotional availability and responsiveness of the surviving parent, and ability to adapt to take on a new role in the family.