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CONCEPT MAPPING AND DESCRIBING THE SOURCES OF
IMPACT ON BLACK GAY COLLEGE STUDENT IDENTITY
DEVELOPMENT AT 4-YEAR INSTITUTIONS
by
Vincent Eugene Vigil
__________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
December 2007
Copyright 2007 Vincent Eugene Vigil
Object Description
| Title | Concept mapping and describing the sources of impact on Black gay college student identity development at 4-year institutions |
| Author | Vigil, Vincent Eugene |
| Author email | vincenev@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-06-06 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-11-05 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Goodyear, Rodney |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Andres, Mary Tuitt, Donahue |
| Abstract | This study examined two primary research objectives: (a) to identify the factors that traditional-age (18- to 22-year-old) Black gay college men at 4-year institutions perceived to have affected their identities, and (b) to determine how Black gay college men conceptually organized those factors of impact. Phase One of this study collected 101 experiences through the College Years Experience Questionnaire (CYEQ) from traditional-age Black gay college men. The CYEQ used the critical incident technique to collect written student descriptions about particular experiences that had influenced their sense of identity. Participants were also asked to rate their experiences on a 7-point scale to discover whether the experience was positive and uncovered the eventual effect on their sense of self. A team of three doctoral raters identified 13 categories from the 101 experiences.; In Phase Two of the study the 13 categories were used for the Paired Comparison Questionnaire in which 15 students rated the similarity of each possible pair of the 13 categories, using a scale of 1 (not at all) to 10 (very much). Using multidimensional scaling, the Phase Two responses were further analyzed and illustrated on a two-dimensional concept map that graphed the experiences for Black gay college men. The dimensions used to plot the coordinates of the 13 categories were named (a) External Challenges of Gay Identity versus Internal Challenges of Gay Identity, and (b) Gay Identity Clarifications versus Gay Identity Confusion. The hierarchical cluster analysis was used to develop five clusters to describe the categories contained in each cluster.; The 13 categories from Phase One correlated with previous research that addressed identity development for Black gay men and validated the results. The clusters explained the support or lack of support that Black gay men receive from their institutions. The study reviewed limitations and presented recommendations for future research, and discussed implications for higher education practitioners. |
| Keyword | Black gay men; LGBT Black; African American gay men; Black homosexuality; African American men and homosexuality |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m908 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Vigil, Vincent Eugene |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Vigil-20071105 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume48/etd-Vigil-20071105.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | CONCEPT MAPPING AND DESCRIBING THE SOURCES OF IMPACT ON BLACK GAY COLLEGE STUDENT IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT AT 4-YEAR INSTITUTIONS by Vincent Eugene Vigil __________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION December 2007 Copyright 2007 Vincent Eugene Vigil |
