A tale of two belongings: social and academic belonging differentially shape academic and psychological outcomes among university students
Smaranda Ioana Lawrie, Delwin B. Carter, Karen Nylund-Gibson, Heejung S. Kim · 2025
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Smaranda Lawrie, Delwin Carter, Karen Nylund-Gibson, and Heejung Kim ask whether two kinds of belonging shape student life in distinct ways. One kind is social belonging, or feeling part of campus life with peers. The other is academic belonging, or feeling at home in study and class work. Past work often merged the two. The study, published in 2024, sorted 837 undergraduates into groups by their scores on both kinds.
Four groups emerged, mixing high and low scores on each kind. Grades tracked academic belonging, not social belonging. Stress and self-esteem tracked both kinds, with academic belonging counting more. The authors argue that schools should treat the two kinds as split needs, since each calls for its own kind of support.
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| CREATOR | Smaranda Ioana Lawrie, Delwin B. Carter, Karen Nylund-Gibson, Heejung S. Kim |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |