Examination of ethnic racial identity exploration and commitment in emerging adults: Group comparisons and specific features of multiracial identity

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Cjersti Jensen ◽  
Hannah Koerten ◽  
Gina Mattei ◽  
Jennifer Grant Weinandy ◽  
Maren Froemming ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Racial Identity ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Multiracial Identity ◽  
Identity Exploration ◽  
Group Comparisons

scholarly journals “There Are Stereotypes for Everything”: Multiracial Adolescents Navigating Racial Identity under White Supremacy

2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Courtney Meiling Jones ◽  
Leoandra Onnie Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Racial Identity ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Identity Status ◽  
Multiracial Identity ◽  
Peak Period ◽  
Multiracial Adolescents ◽  
Multiracial Youth

Despite the enduring popular view that the rise in the multiracial population heralds our nation’s transformation into a post-racial society, Critical Multiracial Theory (MultiCrit) asserts that how multiracial identity status is constructed is inextricably tied to systems and ideologies that maintain the white supremacist status quo in the United States. MultiCrit, like much of the multiracial identity literature, focuses predominantly on the experiences of emerging adults; this means we know little about the experiences of multiracial adolescents, a peak period for identity development. The current paper uses MultiCrit to examine how a diverse sample of multiracial youth (n = 49; Mage = 15.5 years) negotiate racial identity development under white supremacy. Our qualitative interview analysis reveals: (a) the salience of socializing messages from others, (b) that such messages reinforce a (mono)racist societal structure via discrimination, stereotyping, and invalidation, and (c) that multiracial youth frequently resist (mono)racist assertions as they make sense of their own identities. Our results suggest that multiracial youth are attentive to the myriad ways that white supremacy constructs and constrains their identities, and thus underscores the need to bring a critical lens to the study of multiracial identity development.

Daily Measure of Racial Identity Exploration

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Fuller-Rowell ◽  
Anthony L. Burrow ◽  
Anthony D. Ong
Keyword(s):  
Racial Identity ◽  
Identity Exploration

Effects of Receiving Genetic Ancestry Results on Emerging Adults’ Ethnic-Racial Identity Affirmation

2021 ◽  
pp. 216769682110208
Author(s):  
Chelsea D. Williams ◽  
Tricia Smith ◽  
Amy Adkins ◽  
Chloe J. Walker ◽  
Arlenis Santana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Racial Identity ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Genetic Ancestry ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
White Males ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Testing Condition ◽  
And Control

Ethnic-racial identity (ERI) is associated with adaptive outcomes in emerging adulthood, but more research is needed on factors that may inform ERI, such as receiving one’s genetic ancestry results. The current study examined changes in ERI using a pre-test post-test design in which 116 emerging adults 18–25 years were randomly assigned to either receiving their genetic ancestry results before the post-test (the testing condition) or after post-test (the control condition). We also tested whether ethnicity/race and gender moderated these associations. Findings indicated that male students of color (SOC) in the testing condition experienced an increase in ERI affirmation from pre-test to post-test, and male SOC in the control condition experienced a decrease in ERI affirmation from pre-test to post-test. There were no significant differences in ERI affirmation change between students in the testing condition and control condition for female SOC, White males, or White females.

Daily Subjective Age in Emerging Adults: “Now We’re Stressed Out”

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 468-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer A. Bellingtier ◽  
Shevaun D. Neupert
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
Subjective Age ◽  
Daily Stressors ◽  
Identity Exploration ◽  
Daily Diary Design ◽  
Daily Variability ◽  
Psychological Dimensions

During the emerging adulthood years, individuals explore their identities and often report feeling in-between adolescence and adulthood. These characteristics may correspond to greater variability in how old individuals feel. This study examined the daily variability in emerging adults’ subjective ages, as well as its association with daily stressors and the psychological dimensions of identity exploration and feeling in-between. Using a 9-day daily diary design, the study measured 106 emerging adults’ (18–22 years old) daily stressors, daily subjective ages, and endorsement of the Inventory of the Dimensions of Emerging Adulthood. Findings indicated that over half of the variability in emerging adults’ subjective ages occurred within person, and daily stressors could predict this variability. Furthermore, those high in identity exploration and feeling in-between were most likely to respond to daily stressors by feeling older. Results suggest that psychological identification with emerging adulthood amplifies responses to daily stressors and predicts feeling subjectively older.

Racial identity and historical narratives in the civic engagement of Black emerging adults.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Collette Chapman-Hilliard ◽  
Evelyn Hunter ◽  
Valerie Adams-Bass ◽  
Afiya Mbilishaka ◽  
Bianca Jones ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Racial Identity ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Historical Narratives

The Relationship between Racial Identity and Well-Being Among African American Emerging Adults

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamilia Sly ◽  
Rhonda Lewis-Moss ◽  
Shani Roberts ◽  
Felecia Arlene Lee ◽  
Shoshana Wernick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Relationship

Validity and Reliability of the 8-Item Inventory of Dimensions of Emerging Adulthood in a Sample of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients

2020 ◽  
pp. JNM-D-19-00055
Author(s):  
Kendra J. Kamp ◽  
Barbara Given ◽  
Gwen Wyatt
Keyword(s):  
Inflammatory Bowel Disease ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Bowel Disease ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Identity Exploration ◽  
Inflammatory Bowel ◽  
Developmental Features

Background and PurposeThe purpose was to examine the 8-item Inventory of Dimensions of Emerging Adulthood (IDEA-8) among 61 emerging adults (ages 18–29) with the chronic condition of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).MethodsAn online continence sample of participants’ ages 18–29 years with a self-reported diagnosis of IBD completed a questionnaire including IDEA-8, demographic, and clinical characteristics.ResultsThe exploratory factor analysis identified a three-factor structure. The three subscales had acceptable internal consistency (α = .74–.86). Two factors (identity exploration/feeling inbetween and instability) were associated with demographics. The factors were not associated with clinical characteristics.ConclusionsDevelopmental features of emerging adults, as measured by the IDEA-8 for those with IBD, may retain conceptual consistency with healthy adults, but demonstrate a restructuring in factor analysis.

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