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Theorizing multidimensional identity negotiation: Reflections on the lived experiences of first-generation college students
Article first published online: 2 JUN 2008
DOI: 10.1002/cd.217
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New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
Special Issue: The Intersections of Personal and Social Identities
Volume 2008, Issue 120, pages 81–95, Summer 2008
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Orbe, M. P. (2008), Theorizing multidimensional identity negotiation: Reflections on the lived experiences of first-generation college students. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2008: 81–95. doi: 10.1002/cd.217
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- Issue published online: 2 JUN 2008
- Article first published online: 2 JUN 2008
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Abstract
Drawing from recent research on first-generation college (FGC) students, this chapter advances an interdisciplinary theoretical framework for understanding how these students enact multiple aspects of their personal, cultural, and social identities. I use dialectical and cross-cultural adaptation theories as a foundation to extend examinations of how diverse FGC students negotiate the alien culture of the academy against that of home. In this regard, college is situated as a pivotal point of development, and successful negotiation of identity tensions is represented as a key factor in academic success. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc.