College Students’ Developing Identities Moin Syed Department of Psychology University of Minnesota

Trust vs. Mistrust Autonomy vs. Doubt Initiative vs. Guilt Industry vs. Inferiority Identity vs. Confusion Intimacy vs. Isolation Generativity vs. Stagnation Integrity vs. Despair Infancy Adolescence Late Adulthood Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory of Development

Trust vs. Mistrust Autonomy vs. Doubt Initiative vs. Guilt Industry vs. Inferiority Identity vs. Confusion Intimacy vs. Isolation Generativity vs. Stagnation Integrity vs. Despair Infancy Adolescence Late Adulthood Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory of Development ?

Self Other Identity Intimacy Self Other Identity Intimacy Identity and Intimacy

Trust vs. Mistrust Autonomy vs. Doubt Initiative vs. Guilt Industry vs. Inferiority Identity vs. Confusion Intimacy vs. Isolation Generativity vs. Stagnation Integrity vs. Despair Infancy Adolescence Late Adulthood Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory of Development

Trust vs. Mistrust Autonomy vs. Doubt Initiative vs. Guilt Industry vs. Inferiority Identity vs. Confusion Intimacy vs. Isolation Generativity vs. Stagnation Integrity vs. Despair Infancy Adolescence Late Adulthood Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory of Development

Trust vs. Mistrust Autonomy vs. Doubt Initiative vs. Guilt Industry vs. Inferiority Identity vs. Confusion Intimacy vs. Isolation Generativity vs. Stagnation Integrity vs. Despair Infancy Adolescence Late Adulthood Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory of Development

Identity Ethnic Gender Politics Religion Friend Work Social Groups Ideologies Roles Past Present Future

College Identity

College Academic Identity

College Ethnic Identity

Academic Identity College Ethnic Identity Gender Identity Political Identity Family Identity

College Peers Family Academic Identity Teachers, Advisors Media

College Academic Identity Family Peers

College Academic Identity

College Academic Identity

Solidification Certainty Time Discovery Uncertain Redirect

Past Present Future

Temporal Talk

Past Present Future

Solidification Certainty Time Discovery Uncertain Redirect

Trust vs. Mistrust Autonomy vs. Doubt Initiative vs. Guilt Industry vs. Inferiority Identity vs. Confusion Intimacy vs. Isolation Generativity vs. Stagnation Integrity vs. Despair Infancy Adolescence Late Adulthood Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory of Development

Certainty College Pre-College

- Lack of knowledge (reqs, technology) - Student disinterest - Students’ external vs. internal motivation -Cultural/language barriers -Understanding students’ lives - Time! - “Launching” into adulthood and career - Connecting them with resources/services - Building relationships - Promoting self- understanding Challenges Successes

- Lack of knowledge (reqs, technology) - Student disinterest - Students’ external vs. internal motivation -Cultural/language barriers -Understanding students’ lives - Time! - “Launching” into adulthood and career - Connecting them with resources/services - Building relationships - Promoting self- understanding Challenges Successes

College Pre-College Identity Friendships Romantic Partners Family Abilities

Academic Identity

College Academic Identity

College Pre-College Post-College Academic Identity

College Pre-College Other Identities Post-College Academic Identity

College Pre-College Other Identities Post-College Academic Identity

College Pre-College Other Identities Post-College Academic Identity

College Pre-College Other Identities Post-College Academic Identity Relationships

College Pre-College Other Identities Post-College Academic Identity Relationships

College Pre-College Other Identities Post-College Academic Identity Relationships

College Pre-College Other Identities Post-College Academic Identity Relationships SOCIAL STRUCTURAL FACTORS

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