Daily diary evidence links lower daily self-concept fit to stronger same-day mental burnout and concerns about academic abilities¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? On days when university students felt less connected to their valued identities on campus, they reported stronger mental burnout and stronger concerns about their academic abilities. → Alexander S. Browman 2025

Evidence¶

Alexander S. Browman 2025¶

Alexander S. Browman. (2025). Centering Social Fit, Self-Concept Fit, Goal Fit, and Resource Fit as Core Elements of Students' Experiences of Belonging at School. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-025-10009-3

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The author's own daily diary study (Browman et al., 2025) tracked university students for two to three weeks, measuring daily connectedness to valued identities, mental burnout, and concern about academic abilities. On lower connectedness days students reported "stronger feelings of mental burnout" and stronger ability concerns; the article cites relatable results among working professionals in STEM (Hall et al., 2015).

"We found that on days when students experienced a lower (versus higher) sense of connectedness to their valued identities (i.e., lower self-concept fit), they reported stronger feelings of mental burnout—indicative of being-cognition disfluency—and stronger concerns about their academic abilities"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Belonging — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
• Identity — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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