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Understanding the Female College Student
Understanding the female college student comes from acknowledging where she is coming from.
She has grown up in a fluctuating and unstable economy. Yet at the same time she has been brought up in a society that often judges individual worth based on an external expression of self.
In college the female college student is struggling with exploring her own identity, expressing this understanding of herself through fashion and the new process of managing or mismanaging a budget. She finds herself in a setting where she is provided the time and space to explore her identity. Based on Erik Erikson’s writings on identity, J.E. Marcia developed the Identity Status Paradigm in which he extracted four dimensions of exploration and commitment: diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium and achievement. (Figure 3) The moratorium stage is characterized by high exploration and low commitment on identity issues, and represents the active search for a sense of self.
The female college student has entered college with a sense and a hope that her time spent there will lay out a path for her future, through her career, in relationships and in the development of lifelong goals.
Understanding the Female College Student
Understanding the female college student comes from acknowledging where she is coming from.
She has grown up in a fluctuating and unstable economy. Yet at the same time she has been brought up in a society that often judges individual worth based on an external expression of self.
In college the female college student is struggling with exploring her own identity, expressing this understanding of herself through fashion and the new process of managing or mismanaging a budget. She finds herself in a setting where she is provided the time and space to explore her identity. Based on Erik Erikson’s writings on identity, J.E. Marcia developed the Identity Status Paradigm in which he extracted four dimensions of exploration and commitment: diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium and achievement. (Figure 3) The moratorium stage is characterized by high exploration and low commitment on identity issues, and represents the active search for a sense of self.
The female college student has entered college with a sense and a hope that her time spent there will lay out a path for her future, through her career, in relationships and in the development of lifelong goals.