Oct 23 Reading

Question 1

feeling good, happy and proud: a meta-analysis of positive ethnic-racial affect and adjustment

Answer 1

positive ethnic racial affect: how positively youth feel about their ethnicity or race

meta-analyses of 46 studies

Question 2

what did the meta analysis look at?

Answer 2

46 studies

looked at:

• positive ethnic-racial affect
• psychosocial outcomes
• academic outcomes
• health risk outcomes

among ethnic and racial minority youth

Question 3

overall findings

Answer 3

positive ethnic-racial affect exhibited small/medium associations with:

• depressive symptoms
• positive social functioning
• self esteem
• wellbeing
• internalizing/externalizing symptoms
• academic acheivement
• academic attitudes
• health risk outcomes

Question 4

ethnic identity

Answer 4

refers to individuals’ feelings of PRIDE, INVOLVEMENT, BELONGINGNESS with their cultural background

Question 5

racial identity

Answer 5

refers to identities developed in RESPONSE to RACE-BASED OPPRESSION and social stratification

Question 6

multidimensionality of ethnic-racial identity

Answer 6

includes PROCESS and CONTENT

PROCESS: search/exploration period

CONTENT: extent to which ERI is consistent over time, salient in certain situations, central to one’s self, seen positively or negatively

Question 7

2 prevailing, contemporary theories emphasize importance of positive ethnic-racial affect in adjustment

Answer 7

1. social identity theory

^ ie. favourable ingroup evaluations will link with positive sense of self

2. Phinney’s conceptualization of ethnic identity

^ formulating strong/positive ethnic identity is an important life task

Question 8

3 broad outcomes they collapsed more specific ones into

Answer 8

1. negative adjustment
2. positive adjustment
3. academic adjustment

Question 9

academic adjustment results

Answer 9

positive ethnic-racial identity was positively and significantly related to academic adjustment

to both academic ACHIEVEMENT and academic/school ATTITUDES

Question 10

negative adjustment and positive ethnic-racial affect

Answer 10

positive ethnic-racial affect was negatively and significantly related to negative adjustment

specifics: negatively/significantly associated with…

• depressive symptoms
• externalizing/internalizing problem behaviours
• health risk outcomes

BUT LINK WITH ANXIETY WASN’T SIGNIFICANT

Question 11

positive adjustment and positive ethnic-racial affect

Answer 11

positive ethnic-racial affect was positively and significantly related to positive adjustment

specifics: positively/significantly associated with…

• favourable social functioning
• self-esteem
• wellbeing

Question 12

what is the only outcomes for which no significant association was found with positive ethnic-racial affect?

Answer 12

anxiety

Question 13

measure of positive ethnic-racial affect was a significant moderator for…

Answer 13

1. ACADEMIC adjustment and NEGATIVE adjustment
2. but NOT POSITIVE adjustment