Variations in Bicultural Identification Among African American and Mexican American Adolescents
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To identify the ways in which minority adolescents deal with being part of two cultures, we studied 46 middle- and working-class Mexican American and 52 middle-class African American students from ethnically diverse high schools in Southern California. Participants were interviewed about their sense of being ethnic, American, and bicultural, and they also completed questionnaire measures of ethnic identity, American identity, other-group attitudes, self-concept, and anxiety. Qualitative analysis of the interviews revealed three types of identification patterns: blended biculturals, alternating biculturals, and separated adolescents. Scores on American identity and other-group attitudes differed significantly among the identification patterns. Ethnic and American identity were generally uncorrelated, supporting the multidimensional (vs. linear) view of being bicultural. The results illustrate the varied types of identification manifested by ethnic minority adolescents in relation to their two reference gro...
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Cultural identity distance or compartmentalization (vs. hyphenation or blending) seems related to existing theoretical notions of cultural identity alternation versus fusion.
“Cultural identity distance or compartmentalization (vs.hyphenation or blending) seems related to existing theoretical notions of cultural identity alternation versus fusion (LaFromboise et al., 1993;Phinney & Devich-Navarro, 1997).”
From Bicultural Identity Integration (BII): Components and Psychosocial Antecedents (2005) · cites this paper as Phinney & Devich-Navarro, 1997
Most traditional acculturation studies have operationalized biculturalism largely as a uniform construct, overlooking individual variations in the way bicultural identity is negotiated and organized.
“In conclusion, most traditional acculturation studies have operationalized biculturalism largely as a uniform construct, overlooking individual variations in the way bicultural identity is negotiated and organized (see qualitative studies by Phinney &Devich-Navarro, 1997, andVivero &Jenkins, 1999, for exceptions).”
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- Authors
- Phinney, J. S., & Devich-Navarro, M.
- Affiliations
- California State University Los Angeles (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Research on Adolescence
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1997-01
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 3-32
- ISSN
- 1050-8392 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-7795
- OpenAlex
- W2124335880
- Cited by
- 654
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 26.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Research on Adolescence (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Keywords
- bicultural identity, ethnic identity, American identity, Mexican American adolescents, African American adolescents, ethnic minority adolescents, self-concept, anxiety
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