Achieving Status and Reducing Loneliness during the Transition to College: The Role of Entitlement, Intrasexual Competitiveness, and Dominance.

ABSTRACT: Although many emerging adults struggle to gain status and develop social relationships, particularly during the college transition, it remains unclear whether certain personality traits facilitate this transition. Using a longitudinal design, we investigated whether status-related traits-namely, entitlement, intrasexual competitiveness, and dominance-related to the development of status in 91 first-year college students (M _age=18.15, SD=0.44) transitioning to a novel college environment. We also examined whether personality traits moderated the degree to which status related to loneliness. As hypothesized, only students high in intrasexual competitiveness experienced increases in subjective dorm status across the year. In addition, students exhibiting average or lo

SUBMITTER: Rahal D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9512280 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature