In Week 5, you’ll explore the relationships between personal identity and developing a sense of belonging in your community, with an emphasis on what belonging, resiliency, and thriving can look like during your time as a student at Syracuse University. You'll also begin work on the Individual Case Study.
Below, you’ll find the TedX talk “Breaking Cycles, Not Ourselves,” where Sonia Issa discusses her experience with resiliency and holistic wellness. We’ve also curated a selection of other supplemental resources related to these topics.
College Students' Sense of Belonging
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Belonging Through a Psychoanalytic Lens
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Sister Outsider
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Belonging
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Belonging
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On Belonging
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Together
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This study focuses on the connection between physical health and social support in college students. The key finding of this study is that a sense of belonging for women predicted better health perception and fewer physical symptoms for men.
This paper focuses on the sense of belonging in high school and how it impacts students in later adolescence and their psychological and academic adjustment to college.
This paper focuses on peer support and sense of belonging in relation to mental health and overall well being. They examine the importance of school as a social and learning environment and the impact of work-integrated learning programs.
This article focuses on the use of craft beer events as a way to build a sense of belonging and community in urban areas.
This article centers around cultural identity and belonging and how they are always in the making. It also explores how citizenship impacts sense of belonging and its relation to the state.
This article explores two different definitions of belonging in terms of the need to belong and be socially accepted and the fear of social exclusion.
Bridging to Belonging Case Series
Lewis Howes and Brené Brown: Create True Belonging and Heal the World
The Create Belonging Podcast