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Ethnic and Racial Identity in Adolescence: Implications for Psychosocial, Academic, and Health Outcomes

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Rivas-Drake, Deborah, Seaton, Eleanor K, Markstrom, Carol, Quintana, Stephen, Syed, Moin, Lee, Richard M, Schwartz, Seth J, Umaña-Taylor, Adriana J +3 more·2014·Child Development

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The construction of an ethnic or racial identity is considered an important developmental milestone for youth of color. This review summarizes research on links between ethnic and racial identity (ERI) with psychosocial, academic, and health risk outcomes among ethnic minority adolescents. With notable exceptions, aspects of ERI are generally associated with adaptive outcomes. ERI are generally beneficial for African American adolescents' adjustment across all three domains, whereas the evidence is somewhat mixed for Latino and American Indian youth. There is a dearth of research for academic and health risk outcomes among Asian American and Pacific Islander adolescents. The review concludes with suggestions for future research on ERI among minority youth.

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  • Among immigrant, racialised, marginalised, and Indigenous youth, cultural connectedness and strong or positive cultural identity help increase resilience, self-esteem, self-efficacy, self-clarity, life satisfaction, wellbeing, and mental health.

    “Particularly among immigrant, racialised, marginalised, and Indigenous youth, 167 cultural connectedness and strong or positive cultural identity help increase resilience, 168,169 self-esteem, self-efficacy, self-clarity, 170,171 life satisfaction, wellbeing, and mental health. 167,170,171”

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    The Psychosocial Functioning and Mental Health sections (Latino Youth, African American Youth, and Native American Youth; pages unavailable) report associations of positive ethnic or racial identity with self-esteem, coping, psychological well-being, and fewer depressive symptoms. The Health Risk Outcomes section (Latino Youth; page unavailable) also reports an association with self-efficacy. The reviewed evidence is largely correlational and does not establish that cultural identity increases these outcomes; the passages do not substantiate self-clarity or life satisfaction specifically. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Higher levels of ethnic identity have been associated with positive physical and mental health outcomes including less internalizing and externalizing risk behaviors across youth of various ethnic and racial backgrounds.

    “Higher levels of ethnic identity have been associated with positive physical and mental health outcomes including less internalizing and externalizing risk behaviors across youth of various ethnic and racial backgrounds (Rivas-Drake et al., 2014; Smith and Silva, 2011; Umaña-Taylor et al., 2015).”

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Rivas-Drake, D., Seaton, E. K., Markstrom, C., Quintana, S., Syed, M., Lee, R. M., Schwartz, S. J., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., French, S., Yip, T., & Ethnic and Racial Identity in the 21st Century Study Group
Affiliations
  • Brown University
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • West Virginia University (US)
  • University of Wisconsin System (US)
  • University of Minnesota (US)
  • University of Miami (US)
  • Arizona State University
  • University of Illinois Chicago (US)
  • Fordham University (US)
Venue
Child Development
Published
2014-01-01
Volume
85
Issue
1
Pages
40-57
ISSN
  • 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-8624
OpenAlex
W2089277053
Cited by
832
References
131
Citations by year
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FWCI
14.09
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Child Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Society for Research in Child Development
  • Society for Research on Adolescence
  • APA Division 45
  • Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race in America
  • Center for the Study of Human Development
  • T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Keywords
ethnic identity, racial identity, adolescents, youth of color, psychosocial adjustment, educational outcomes, African American adolescents, Latino adolescents, American Indian adolescents, identity construction
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Indians, North American, Social Identification

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