I'm a Reddie and a Christian! Identity Negotiations amongst First-Year University Students

Autor/inn/en	Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn; Brown, Rebecca
Titel	I'm a Reddie and a Christian! Identity Negotiations amongst First-Year University Students
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 37 (2012) 4, S.497-511 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2010.527327
Schlagwörter	Drinking; Foreign Countries; College Freshmen; Undergraduate Students; Christianity; Self Concept; Guidelines; Qualitative Research; Student Attitudes; Alcohol Abuse; Subcultures; Social Integration; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Trinken; Ausland; Studienanfänger; Christentum; Selbstkonzept; Richtlinien; Qualitative Forschung; Schülerverhalten; Subculture; Subkultur; Soziale Integration; Großbritannien
Abstract	Currently, there exists relatively scant sociological research on the identities of first-year UK university students, and specifically those holding a strong Christian identity. Employing a symbolic interactionist framework, this article explores issues of identity construction amongst a group of first-year undergraduate students based at a UK university, who self-identify as committed Christians. Based on a qualitative, exploratory study of the transition experiences of first-year students living on campus, the authors examine students' accounts of identity, transition, negotiation and confirmation. After an initial period of anxiety and uncertainty vis-a-vis establishing new identities, participants recounted themes of commitment to Christian identity, and considered that they had been accepted and integrated into the "jock" campus subculture despite transgressing certain of its values and norms, primarily those "commanding" heavy drinking. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10