Oct 28 Reading Flashcards
discrimination and ethnic identity: establishing directionality among Latino/a youth
directionality of associations between ETHNIC IDENTITY and DISCRIMINATION are unclear
study examined DIRECTIONAL RELATIONSHIP between ethnic identity and discrimination
and their EFFECTS on PSYCHOSOCIAL FUNCTIONING
study design
cross-lagged model
3 waves of data
1613 Latinx adolescents
results support…
BIDIRECTIONAL association between ethnic identity and discrimination
specific results
- adolescents who reported higher levels of PERCEIVED DISC at Y1 reported higher IDENTITY EXPLORATION at Y2
- more discrimination experiences also associated with:
a) more ALCOHOL and CIGARETTE USE
b) more DEPRESSIVE symptoms
- ethnic identity BELONGING was indirectly associated with increased SUBSTANCE USE and DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS
^via elevated DISCRIMINATION experiences
adolescents who reported higher levels of perceived disc at Y1…
reported higher IDENTITY EXPLORATION at Y2
more discrimination experiences also associated with…
- more alcohol and cigarette use
- more depressive symptoms
rejection-identification hypothesis argues…
discrimination experiences drives ethnic identity formation
as youth experience ethnic discrimination, they become MORE AWARE of their marginalized group membership
this SALIENCE drives identity formation
identification-attribution model argues…
as individuals develop an ethnic identity…
they are MORE AWARE of stigma against their ethnic group
better able to ATTRIBUTE negative social experiences to ethnic discrimination
although ethnic identity processes may positive predict youth adjustment directly…
it may INDIRECTLY put youth at risk by making them MORE AWARE of DISCRIMINATORY EXPERIENCES
(identification-attribution model)
study measures
- ethnic identity (MEIM)
- perceived ethnic discrimination
- substance use
- depressive symptoms
results general
- unidirectional relationship between ethnic identity exploration and belonging
a) ethnic identity belonging at Y1 positively predicted exploration at Y2
- support for both rejection-identification hypothesis (disc at Y1 predicted ethnic identity exploration at Y2) AND for identification-attribution hypothesis (ethnic identity belonging at Y1 predicted disc at Y2)
effects of generation status on results?
none were found
findings were consistent across generation status
results indicate that ethnic identity belonging places youth at risk for…
substance use
depressive symptoms
vis-a-vis its effects on discrimination
was discrimination found to predict greater ethnic identity belonging in this study?
no
discrimination in fact resulted in lower ethnic resolution and affirmation
suggests disc harms positive sense of self, and reconsideration of the meaning of their ethnic identity
