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Meaning-Making Capacity and the Dynamics of Lesbian College Students' Multiple Dimensions of Identity
- Journal of College Student Development
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 45, Number 6, November/December 2004
- pp. 612-632
- 10.1353/csd.2004.0065
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Narrative inquiry methodology was used to investigate self-perceived identities among 10 lesbian college students. Analysis of data from in-depth, open-ended interviews revealed the role of meaning-making capacity in determining the extent to which contextual influences shaped self-perceptions of sexual orientation identity and its relationship with other identity dimensions. Strategies for increasing meaning-making capacity in the context of sexual orientation identity are discussed.