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Self-Efficacy Buffers Against Belonging Loss for Hispanic Students During the First Semester of College
Maxim Kim,
Jennifer Henderlong Corpus 
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Kim M, Corpus JH. Self-efficacy buffers against belonging loss for hispanic students during the first semester of college. European J Psychol E. 2023;6(2):69-76. doi: 10.12973/ejper.6.2.69
Kim, M., & Corpus, J. H. (2023). Self-efficacy buffers against belonging loss for hispanic students during the first semester of college. European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, 6(2), 69-76. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejper.6.2.69
Kim Maxim, and Jennifer Henderlong Corpus. "Self-Efficacy Buffers Against Belonging Loss for Hispanic Students During the First Semester of College," European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research 6, no. 2 (2023): 69-76. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejper.6.2.69
Kim, M & Corpus, J 2023, 'Self-efficacy buffers against belonging loss for hispanic students during the first semester of college', European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 69-76. Kim, Maxim, and Jennifer Henderlong Corpus. "Self-Efficacy Buffers Against Belonging Loss for Hispanic Students During the First Semester of College." European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, vol. 6, no. 2, 2023, pp. 69-76, https://doi.org/10.12973/ejper.6.2.69.
Abstract
Hispanic college students typically report a lower sense of belonging than their White peers, citing challenges related to first generation student status, low-income family backgrounds, and academic underpreparedness. The present study asked whether Hispanic students would have a lower sense of belonging than non-Hispanic White students and whether academic self-efficacy would be able to provide a greater buffer against belonging loss for Hispanic students compared to their non-Hispanic White peers. The participants of this study were Hispanic (n = 68) and non-Hispanic White (n = 420) first year students at a predominantly White small liberal arts college. Academic self-efficacy was a significant predictor of change in belonging for Hispanic students but not for non-Hispanic White students. These results suggest academic self-efficacy is a worthwhile target of belonging interventions for Hispanic students.
Keywords: Academic self-efficacy, college transition, first-generation student, sense of belonging.
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