University music club participation, belonging, identity development, and agency: an exploratory pretest-posttest study with attention to gender-marginalized students
ZiLong Guo, Anqian Wang, Keran Li, Gao Qi, Yaojue Xie · 2026
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ZiLong Guo and co-authors followed university music club members over one activity cycle in a 2026 exploratory study. Clubs may be more than hobbies: they can build belonging, identity, and a sense of agency. The team paid special attention to gender marginalized students, whose experience is often overlooked.
They tracked 288 undergraduates in nine music clubs at six universities across eight weeks, with surveys before and after plus interviews, observations, and organizer logs. Belonging, identity growth, agency, recognition, and expressive safety all rose, with small to moderate gains. Students who joined more often gained more, and feeling recognized and safe helped explain the gains. Gender marginalized students scored lower on average throughout, though the gaps were not statistically firm. The authors urge cautious, inclusive reading of the promise clubs hold.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | ZiLong Guo, Anqian Wang, Keran Li, Gao Qi, Yaojue Xie |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 66 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |