Cited by 1,004Racial and Ethnic Identity ResearchPsychosocial Factors Impacting YouthSocial and Intergroup Psychology

The Influence of Ethnic Discrimination and Ethnic Identification on African American adolescents' School and Socioemotional Adjustment

Wong, Carol A., Eccles, Jacquelynne S., Sameroff, Arnold·2003·Journal of Personality

Abstract

Do experiences with racial discrimination at school predict changes in African American adolescents' academic and psychological functioning? Does African American ethnic identity buffer these relations? This paper addresses these two questions using two waves of data from a longitudinal study of an economically diverse sample of African American adolescents living in and near a major East Coast metropolis. The data were collected at the beginning of the 7th grade and after the completion of the 8th grade. As expected, experiences of racial discrimination at school from one's teachers and peers predicts declines in grades, academic ability self-concepts, academic task values, mental health (increases in depression and anger, decreases in self-esteem and psychological resiliency), and increases in the proportion of one's friends who are not interested in school and who have problem behaviors. A strong, positive connection to one's ethnic group (our measure of ethnic identity) reduced the magnitude of the association of racial discrimination experiences with declines in academic self-concepts, school achievement, and perception of friends' positive characteristics, as well as the association of the racial discrimination experiences with increases in problem behaviors.

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Authors
Wong, C. A., Eccles, J. S., & Sameroff, A.
Affiliations
  • University of Delaware (US)
  • University of Michigan (US)
Corresponding author
Eccles, Jacquelynne S.
Venue
Journal of Personality
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2003-12
Volume
71
Issue
6
Pages
1197-1232
ISSN
  • 0022-3506 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-6494
OpenAlex
W2128387396
Cited by
1,004
References
6
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FWCI
55.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Personality (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Keywords
racial discrimination, ethnic identity, African American adolescents, school adjustment, academic performance, social-emotional adjustment, academic self-concept, teacher discrimination, peer discrimination, depression, self-esteem, psychological resilience, behavioral problems
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Affect, Black or African American, Ethnicity, Female, Humans, Male, Prejudice, Social Adjustment, Social Identification

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