A comparative study: What do 18- to 29-year-old Dominicans in an urban community college say makes them feel like an adult?

dc.contributor.advisorLevy, Lynn H.
dc.contributor.advisorKrase, Kathryn Suzanne
dc.contributor.advisorAbbott, Ann
dc.contributor.advisorHernandez, Ramona
dc.contributor.authorFernández-Ketcham, Evelyn
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-15T21:11:17Z
dc.date.available2022-02-15T21:11:17Z
dc.date.issued2022-02
dc.descriptionDoctoral dissertation, PhD / Open Accessen_US
dc.description.abstractThis exploratory quantitative comparative study surveyed 18 to 29-year-old Dominican immigrants (defined as any Dominican that came to the United States (U.S.) after 14 years of age or older) and second-generation (individuals born in the U.S. or territory of Dominican immigrant parents or children who came to the U.S. before the age of 12 years old) enrolled in an urban 2-year community college during fall 2020 and spring 2021. This research sought to test the Emerging Adulthood concept based on Arnett’s proposed stage of life theory identified as indications of: Identity Explorations; Experimentation/Possibilities; Negativity/Instability; Self-Focused; and Feeling “In-Between.” The Other-Focused factor, not included in Arnett's original study was also explored. The Inventory of the Dimensions of Emerging Adulthood Scale (IDEA), a 31-item inventory, was used to assess the extent to which 18- to 29-year-old Dominicans experience an emerging adulthood phase. Overall quantitative analyses did not generate statistically significant findings. Statistical power were lower than anticipated due to small sample size (N=79). However, mean scores of the subscales’ Identity Exploration (M=3.42, p=.286), Self-focused (M=3.23, p=.133), Feeling “In-Between" (M=3.30, p=.515) were not significantly different from the means observed by Reifman et al. (2007). Similar to studies in Latin-American countries/Spanish speaking populations, both immigrant (M=2.78) and second-generation (M=2.61) Dominicans endorsed Other-Focused subscale, also generating a positive correlation between Self-Focused and Other-Focused subscales (r=.34, p=.002). Unexpected result in the age split comparison suggested that 24-29 years olds in this study are experiencing an emerging adulthood stage. Open-ended questions imply influence on the responses due to COVID-19, a global pandemic.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFernández-Ketcham, E. (2022, February), A comparative study: What do 18- to 29-year-old Dominicans in an urban community college say makes them feel like an adult? (Publication No. 28967579) [Doctoral dissertation, Yeshiva University]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/7922
dc.identifier.urihttps://ezproxy.yu.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/comparative-study-what-do-18-29-year-old/docview/2635468445/se-2
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.;Publication No. 28967579
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectSocial Worken_US
dc.subjectBehavioral Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectPsychologyen_US
dc.subjectemerging adulthooden_US
dc.subjectemerging adults in higher educationen_US
dc.subjectimmigrant and second-generation Dominicansen_US
dc.subjectlife stagesen_US
dc.subjectmarkers of adulthooden_US
dc.subjecturban emerging adultsen_US
dc.titleA comparative study: What do 18- to 29-year-old Dominicans in an urban community college say makes them feel like an adult?en_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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