The Impact of Values Congruity on Underrepresented Minority (URM) Graduate Student Psychosocial Functioning

Autor/inn/en	Miller, Alexandria N.; Orsillo, Susan M.
Titel	The Impact of Values Congruity on Underrepresented Minority (URM) Graduate Student Psychosocial Functioning
Quelle	In: Higher Education Research and Development, 41 (2022) 2, S.450-465 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Miller, Alexandria N.) ORCID (Orsillo, Susan M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0729-4360
DOI	10.1080/07294360.2020.1845618
Schlagwörter	Values; Congruence (Psychology); Disproportionate Representation; Minority Group Students; Graduate Students; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; American Indian Students; Pacific Islanders; Mental Health; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Wellness; Student Satisfaction; Student College Relationship; Affordances + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wertbegriff; Congruence; Psychology; Kongruenz; Psychologie; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Psychohygiene; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Well being; Well-being; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	There is growing awareness of a mental health 'crisis' among graduate students [Evans, T. M., Bira, L., Gastelum, J. B., Weiss, L. T., & Vanderford, N. L. (2018). Evidence for a mental health crisis in graduate education. Nature Biotechnology, 36(3), 282-284. doi:10.1038/nbt.4089]. Despite a paucity of research exploring potential differences in psychological distress across ethnic and racial groups, there is at least some evidence that students who identify as African American/Black, Hispanic/Latinx, American Indian/Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders, underrepresented minority students (URM), report more depressive symptoms [e.g., Harvard Chan Mental Health Student Alliance. (2017). "Mental wellness of students at Harvard Chan." Retrieved from https://cdn1.sph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1745/2017/05/MHSA-Needs-Assessment-Report-2017.pdf] and a lower sense of belongingness in graduate school [e.g., Clark, C. R., Mercer, S. H., Zeigler-Hill, V., & Dufrene, B. A. (2012). Barriers to the success of ethnic minority students in school psychology graduate programs. "School Psychology Review," 41(2), 176-192. doi:10.1080/02796015.2012.12087519] compared to their racial and ethnic majority peers. We explored whether URM students' opportunities to engage in doctoral work consistent with intrinsic, altruistic or extrinsic career values, and congruity between values importance and affordances would contribute to psychosocial well-being, belongingness, and program satisfaction. URM doctoral students (n = 436) completed an anonymous online survey including "the Values Congruity Questionnaire (VC)," "Campus Connectedness Scale (CCS)," and "Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scales (DASS-21)." Opportunities to engage in doctoral work consistent with altruistic, intrinsic, and extrinsic values were associated with lower depression and a higher sense of belongingness. Incongruity between the importance of altruistic values and perceived affordances was associated with higher depression and a lower sense of program belongingness and satisfaction. Although URM psychological functioning is determined by multiple factors, providing values consistent opportunities within graduate programs could increase belongingness, program satisfaction and psychosocial wellness. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01