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Where the heart is : college students’ perceptions of transitional home spaces

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    Creator (cre): Volk, Maya Anna
    Advisor (adv): Janning, Michelle
    Department (dpt): Whitman College. Sociology Department
    Date
    May 10, 2016
    Graduation Year
    2016
    Abstract

    The present study aims to address the ways in which college students who may be experiencing identity transformations characteristic of the emerging adulthood life stage experience and understand aspects of home, both lived in the past and present and imagined in the future. Home, in general, is often understood as a multidimensional concept that is comprised of physical, personal, social, and temporal qualities (Kenyon 1999; Mallett 2002). This thesis uses qualitative and quantitative data collected from Whitman College students to understand how students perceive of these home qualities as more or less prevalent in and relevant to the various homes they occupy throughout the college transition.

    Subject
    Identity (Psychology) in youth -- United States
    College students -- Conduct of life
    Transition periods -- Home
    Undergraduates -- United States -- Psychology
    Adult development
    Undergraduates -- Research
    Young adults -- Education -- United States
    College environment
    College freshman -- Conduct of life
    Phases (Movement)
    Transition periods -- College life
    Lifetime homes
    Social sciences
    Academic theses
    Whitman College 2016 -- Dissertation collection -- Sociology Department
    Geographic Subject
    United States
    Genre
    Theses
    Extent
    96 pages
    Permanent URL
    http://works.whitman.edu/201608121321
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