A Post-Racial Society in Which Ethnic-Racial Discrimination Still Exists and Has Significant Consequences for Youths’ Adjustment

Umaña‐Taylor, Adriana J.

doi:10.1177/0963721415627858

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“…A sense of efficacy and meaningfulness derived from one's ethnic identity may help refugees cope with feelings of helplessness and hopelessness resulting from discrimination experiences. This moderating role of identity needs is similar to what has been found in research on the protective role of ethnic and racial minority identity (Lee, ; Mossakowski, ; Umana‐Taylor, ). This research argues that ethnic or racial identity can be an asset that protects minority members from the negative effects of discrimination because it provides a sense of self‐assuredness and support.…”

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confidence: 79%

Ethnic identification, discrimination, and mental and physical health among Syrian refugees: The moderating role of identity needs

Çelebi

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2017

Euro J Social Psych

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Using a risk and resilience framework and motivated identity construction theory, we investigated the moderating role of identity needs in the association between social identification and perceived discrimination with mental and physical health among a sample of Syrian refugees (N = 361) in Turkey. Results showed that there were two clusters of interrelated identity needs, namely, belonging (belonging, continuity, and esteem) and efficacy (efficacy, meaningfulness, and distinctiveness). Higher perceived ethnic discrimination was found to be associated with poorer mental and physical health but not for respondents who derived a sense of efficacy from their Syrian identity. Higher Syrian identification was associated with lower depression and anxiety but more strongly for refugees who derived a sense of belonging and continuity from their Syrian identity. The findings indicate that investigating the motivational aspects of identity formation is important for understanding when discrimination and group identification undermine or rather contribute to the well‐being and health of refugees. These findings are discussed in relation to the growing research on social identities and health.

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confidence: 79%

Ethnic identification, discrimination, and mental and physical health among Syrian refugees: The moderating role of identity needs

Çelebi

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2017

Euro J Social Psych

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“…A strong ethnic–racial identity may operate as a buffer against the negative impact of discrimination on adjustment because individuals with a strong sense of affirmation, belongingness, and commitment related to their racial–ethnic group are presumed to have psychological resources to draw upon in the face of assaults on their ethnic–racial identity via meaning making, cognitive appraisal, or coping (Neblett, Rivas‐Drake, & Umaña‐Taylor, ; Umaña‐Taylor, ). In other words, they will feel good about their ethnic–racial group membership despite unfair treatment based on their race or ethnicity (Rivas‐Drake, Syed, et al., ).…”

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Coping With Racism: Moderators of the Discrimination–Adjustment Link Among Mexican‐Origin Adolescents

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What strategies help ethnic minority adolescents to cope with racism? The present study addressed this question by testing the role of ethnic identity, social support, and anger expression and suppression as moderators of the discrimination-adjustment link among 269 Mexican-origin adolescents (M = 14.1 years), 12-17 years old from the Midwestern U.S. Results from multilevel moderation analyses indicated that ethnic identity, social support, and anger suppression, respectively, significantly attenuated the relations between discrimination and adjustment problems, whereas outward anger expression exacerbated these relations. Moderation effects differed according to the level of analysis. By identifying effective coping strategies in the discrimination-adjustment link at specific levels of analysis, the present findings can guide future intervention efforts for Latino youth.

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“…Discrimination is a common experience for ethnic–racial minority youth in the United States (Umaña‐Taylor, ) and has been consistently linked to adverse mental and physical health outcomes (Pascoe & Smart Richman, ). Ethnic–racial identity (ERI) formation, a central aspect of positive youth development that is particularly salient during adolescence (Spencer, ; Swanson, Spencer, dell'Angelo, Harpalani, & Spencer, ; Umaña‐Taylor, O'Donnell, et al., ; Umaña‐Taylor, Quintana, et al., ; Williams, Tolan, Durkee, Francois, & Anderson, ), has been found to relate to adolescent well‐being and, in some instances, has been found to buffer the adverse effects of discrimination (see Marks, Ejesi, McCullough, & García Coll, for an overview).…”

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Discrimination and Ethnic–Racial Identity: Understanding Direction of Effects Using Within‐ and Between‐Person Analyses

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Ethnic-racial identity (ERI) development and ethnic-racial discrimination are two salient experiences among adolescents in the United States. Despite growing awareness of the costs and benefits of these experiences individually, we know little about how they may influence one another. The current study examined competing hypotheses relating discrimination and components of ERI (i.e., exploration, resolution, affirmation) among a sample of Mexican-origin adolescent mothers (N = 181; M at Wave 1 = 16.83, SD = 1.01) across six waves of data. Findings revealed that within-person changes in discrimination predicted subsequent ERI resolution and affirmation; however, ERI did not predict subsequent discrimination. Between-person effects of discrimination on affirmation were significant. Our findings underscore the importance of discrimination experiences in shaping Mexican-origin adolescent mothers' normative developmental competencies.

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A Post-Racial Society in Which Ethnic-Racial Discrimination Still Exists and Has Significant Consequences for Youths’ Adjustment

Cited by 169 publications

References 39 publications

Ethnic identification, discrimination, and mental and physical health among Syrian refugees: The moderating role of identity needs

Ethnic identification, discrimination, and mental and physical health among Syrian refugees: The moderating role of identity needs

Coping With Racism: Moderators of the Discrimination–Adjustment Link Among Mexican‐Origin Adolescents

Discrimination and Ethnic–Racial Identity: Understanding Direction of Effects Using Within‐ and Between‐Person Analyses

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