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AbstractObjectiveParticipantsMethodsResultsConclusionsThe purpose of this study was to use photovoice to explore first-generation student experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic and its influence on their social isolation, as well as what contributed to or alleviated their social isolation.Nine undergraduate students who identified as first-generation and who experienced feeling socially isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic were included in this study.In this study, participants were recruited via purposive sampling. Moreover, semi-structured interviews that incorporated the SHOWed technique were conducted with participants. In addition, First & Second Cycle Coding was used to help analyze participant interviews.A total of 11 themes emerged from this study that depicted their experience of feeling isolated, as well as what contributed to and alleviated their isolation.This study highlights the importance of capturing first-generation students’ experiences to help lessen the influence of social isolation among this group and ensure their academic success. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The role skin color plays in shaping cross‐ethnoracial relationships is not well understood despite its implications for the trajectory of U.S. ethnoracial relations. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Freshmen, I investigate two questions: Among ethnoracial minorities, how does a person's skin color relate to the likelihood of dating individuals from another ethnoracial group? Does this relationship vary by the combination of ethnoracial backgrounds of the individuals who are dating? The results indicate that the influence of skin color on interdating may depend on the status levels of partners' ethnoracial groups. A person from a lower status group with a darker skin color—relative to other similar group members with lighter skin color—is less likely to date someone from a higher status group, but darker skin color is associated with a greater likelihood of interdating when a darker‐skinned member of a higher status group dates a member of a lower status group. Further, the results point to a complex relationship between two intermediate groups, Asians and Latinos, which seems dependent on Latino respondents' gender. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study uses the Latino National Study to explore the relationship between skin color, acculturation, and perceived discrimination across four situations to understand how perceptions of discrimination may function depending on the situation. Broadly, acculturation predicts a greater likelihood of perceiving discrimination across all situations, yet the situation may determine the role of skin color. Darker skin color predicts perceiving discrimination in consumer situations while it has no significant relationship to perceiving discrimination in the workplace or from police. Following the uncertainty reduction theory, a potential factor driving these results is anonymity between the person perceiving discrimination and the discriminator. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the discussion on first-generation student experiences through the COVID-19 pandemic and its influence on their social isolation. Topics include focusing specifically on first-generation students and their experience through the COVID-19 pandemic and its influence on their social isolation; and focusing on the local relevance of public health problems and ecologic perspectives recognizing and attend to the multiple determinants of health.