ERIC Number: EJ1191205
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 16
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Exploring the Middle Eastern American College Student Experience: Discrimination, Adjustment, and Coping
Modir, Sheila; Kia-Keating, Maryam
Journal of College Student Development, v59 n5 p563-578 Sep-Oct 2018
Middle Eastern American (MEA) college students in the United States navigate normative developmental changes related to peer relationships, academic achievement, and college adjustment, often while facing discrimination, stereotyping, and racial profiling. We interviewed 25 MEA first-year and second-year college students about their perceived discrimination experiences and the influence of those experiences on their college adjustment. We present a theoretical model on MEA students' college adjustment in the context of discrimination across socioecological domains, including societal, campus community, and relational levels, both inside and outside of the university experience. Implications for future research and support services for MEA college students are discussed.
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, College Students, Racial Discrimination, Stereotypes, Profiles, Undergraduate Students, Educational Experience, Student Attitudes, Peer Relationship, Foreign Students, Coping, Arabs, Muslims, Terrorism, Ethnic Groups, Emotional Adjustment, Social Adjustment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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