First and Flourishing?: An Exploration of How First-Generation College Students Make Meaning of Their Well-Being Through Purpose, Relationships, and Multiple Identities. Issue 1 (2nd January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McCarron, Graziella Pagliarulo
• Is Part Of: Journal of first-generation student success. Volume 2:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 17
• Publication Date: 2022-01-02
• Subjects: First-generation college student -- first-generation -- wellness -- well-being -- student affairs; First-generation college students -- United States -- Periodicals; Academic achievement -- United States -- Periodicals; Academic achievement; First-generation college students; United States; Periodicals; 371.2
• DOI: 10.1080/26906015.2021.2018269
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2690-6015

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The complexities of the first-generation college student journey may change how these students experience well-being — both what contributes to and detracts from it. As such, this study was conducted to deepen understanding of first-generation college students' lived experiences in relation to their well-being. This work shares findings from an interpretive, constructivist qualitative study grounded in interviews with 11 undergraduate, first-generation college students at a large, public, four-year institution in the Mid-Atlantic. Findings underscore connections between students' well-being and their goals, their on/off campus relationships, and their multiple identities. Implications for supporting first-generation college students' well-being are discussed.