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- Title
Positive Disability Identity Predicts Sense of Belonging in Emerging Adults With a Disability.
- Authors
Raver, Ashley; Murchake, Hanna; Chalk, Holly M.
- Abstract
Given the importance of identity development and belonging for emerging adults, it is critical to examine how positive disability identity, one's affirmative sense of identity as a person with a disability, relates to sense of belonging and need to belong in young adults with disabilities. Data were collected from a multi-institution collaboration across 32 sites. Participants with a disability (N = 502) completed online, self-report measures of need to belong, sense of belonging, social support, and positive disability identity. As expected, those who perceived greater social support were more likely to report a sense of belonging (r ranged from .36 to .55, p < .05) and positive disability identity (r ranged from .18 to .41, p < .05). Positive disability identity was more strongly related to sense of belonging in those who self-identify with a disability (z = 4.16, p < .001, Cohen's q = .40). Also as hypothesized, positive disability identity predicted sense of belonging, even after controlling for the effects of social support and need to belong, in both those who identified with a disability (R2Δ = .12, Cohens f 2 = .14) and those who did not self-identify (R2Δ = .02, Cohens f 2 = .02). These findings suggest that, although social support and a low need to belong were associated with a strong sense of belonging, developing a positive disability identity is also important in predicting a sense of belonging in emerging adults with disabilities.
- Subjects
SOCIAL belonging; YOUNG adult psychology; YOUNG adults with disabilities; YOUNG adult attitudes; IDENTITY (Psychology); SELF-perception
- Publication
Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, 2018, Vol 23, Issue 2, p157
- ISSN
2164-8204
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24839/2325-7342.JN23.2.157