In government-funded system for disadvantaged students in Chinese mainland, the identity of "disadvantaged student" is combined with the government funding such as the national grants. In fact, A college student can only be included in the financial aid system for disadvantaged students only if he is identified by the school management as a "poor student". As far as individuals are concerned, after entering the university, they applied for subsidies for disadvantaged students due to economic pressure, and were identified as "disadvantaged student" and thus were labeled as "disadvantaged student". After being labelled as disadvantaged student, a contradictory psychology arises: on the one hand, they reject the label of disadvantaged students and hate the negative mental experience brought about by it; on the other hand, they have to accept poverty because of the need to obtain financial aid. So, what kind of psychological journey will they experience after being labeled as "disadvantaged student"? How do they deal with the negative emotional experience? This is an open question at the beginning of the study. After taking the research of the Ground Theory, the final research question of this thesis is the formation process of the negative social identity of disadvantaged students and how to deal with this negative social identity.
Based on the research path of the Ground Theory of constructivism, the researchers finally form the theory of "social identity of disadvantaged students". This theoretical framework can be briefly summarized as follows: disadvantaged students go through three processes of social classification, social comparison and negative evaluation, and finally come into being negative social identity. Logically, social classification, social comparison, and negative evaluation are the causes, while negative social identity is the result. For the purpose of improving self-esteem, disadvantaged students will take the initiative to adopt corresponding identity management strategies to deal with negative social identity. These strategies include two types of individual mobility and social creation. The coping strategies of disadvantaged students will be affected by two intermediary factors, the subjective belief structure and the threat of social identity.
On the basis of the above research, three possible advancements to the existing Social Identity Theory have been discovered: One is to raise questions doubtfully on the generalizability of the experimental results of the "minimal group paradigm" of Social Identity Theory which was established by Tajfel, namely the conclusion that simple classification is sufficient to generate discrimination between groups and in group preference does not apply to low-status groups such as disadvantaged students. The second is to discover the passivity of social comparison. Social comparison in Social Identity Theory is a kind of social comparison carried out by individuals on their own initiative. The purpose of comparison is to verify the positive characteristics of groups. There is a certain difference between the social comparison of disadvantaged students and the above-mentioned theories, and their social comparison is more of an involuntary and passive comparison. This finding is meaningful for studying the social comparison of low-status groups. The third is to find that disadvantaged students will adopt the strategy of concealing their identity and "open conflict behavior", which are basically not studied by the Social Identity Theory. In particular, the strategy of concealing identity is of great significance to disadvantaged students who have a certain degree of concealment (that is, concealment from others). This also suggests that the study of Social Identity should distinguish between explicit and invisible identities.
Finally, it puts forward proposals for management of disadvantaged students in education departments and universities in mainland China : First, the term of "Disadvantaged Students " or "students with financial difficulties" should not be used in a related working area, but more neutral words such as "Sponsored student" are substituted. Second, try to minimize the harm to applicants caused by the appraisal and publicity of the qualifications of Disadvantaged Students. Third, in the management of disadvantaged students, the situation where the status of "Disadvantaged Students" is highlighted should be minimized. Fourth, raise the level of subsidy for those students, especially the level of subsidy for them in private colleges and universities.
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