The Role of Social Class in the Formation of Identity: A Study of Public and Elite Private College Students
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The authors explored the influence of social class on identity formation in an interview study of 15 lower income students and 15 affluent students from a highly selective liberal arts school and 15 lower income students from a state college. Students ranked occupational goals as 1st in importance to identity and social class as 2nd. The affluent students regarded social class as significantly more important to identity than did the lower income students, were more aware of structural factors contributing to their success, and had higher occupational aspirations. Social class was an area of exploration for half the students, with higher levels of exploration shown by the lower income private school students than by the state college students. Lower income students developed an ideology that rationalized their social class position.
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Aries and Seider found that affluent respondents were more likely than their less affluent counterparts to acknowledge the importance of social class in shaping their identities.
“Aries and Seider (2007) found that affluent respondents were more likely than their less affluent counterparts to acknowledge the importance of social class in shaping their identities”
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- Authors
- Aries, E., & Seider, M.
- Affiliations
- Amherst College (US)
- Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (US)
- ORCID
- Aries, Elizabeth
- Venue
- The Journal of Social Psychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2007-04
- Volume
- 147
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 137-157
- ISSN
- 0022-4545 (ISSN-L)
- 1940-1183
- OpenAlex
- W2045796947
- Cited by
- 112
- References
- 57
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 13.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Cultural Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
- Keywords
- social class, identity construction, university students, career aspirations, low-income students, structural factors, identity exploration
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Massachusetts, Middle Aged, Occupations, Psychology, Social, Self Concept, Social Class, Social Identification, Students, Universities, Private Sector, Public Sector
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