Racial identification fluidity and psychological outcomes from adolescence through young adulthood

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Label

Racial identification fluidity and psychological outcomes from adolescence through young adulthood

Statement of responsibility

Sachiko Ogata Sweetwood

Creator

• Sweetwood, Sachiko Ogata, 1983-

Contributor

• Barber, Carolyn E.

Author

• Sweetwood, Sachiko Ogata, 1983-

Degree supervisor

• Barber, Carolyn E.

Subject

• Electronic dissertations
• Racially mixed people -- Race identity
• Self-perception in adolescence
• African Americans -- Race identity
• Dissertation -- University of Missouri--Kansas City -- Counseling psychology

Genre

• Electronic dissertations

Language

eng

Summary

The present study examined whether shifts in racial identification categories between adolescence and young adulthood have psychological implications in adulthood. The present study was inspired by the work of Hitlin, Brown, and Elder (2006). Although there are many models for racial/ethnic identity development models, the stability of racial identifications is seldom studied. By utilizing a longitudinal dataset, the present study examined racial identifications at two time points, when the participants were in grades 7 to 12 and when they were between the ages of 18 and 26. Employing multi-level modeling, both environmental and personal factors were controlled for. Depressive symptoms and self-esteem were utilized as measures of psychological outcomes. Findings included main effects of racial trajectories on depressive symptoms and self-esteem as well as moderation effects by individual and contextual factors. For example, among those who switched racial categories between the two time points, individuals who switched to a minority group showed higher self-esteem than ones who switched to majority group. Additionally, among members of the switching group, if they were in schools with higher percentage of White individuals, their self-esteem decreased over time. On the other hand, if they were in schools with lower percentage of White individuals, their self-esteem increased over time. Post-hoc analyses employing subcategories of racial identification trajectories were also conducted. These findings illustrate the complexity of how racial identification interacts with both environmental and personal factors

Cataloging source

UMK

Degree

Ph.D.

Dissertation note

(School of Education).

Dissertation year

2014.

Granting institution

University of Missouri-Kansas City,

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography
• theses