The Role of Ethnic Identity in Interventions to Promote Positive Adolescent Development

Abstract

The role of ethnic identity in interventions to promote positive adolescent development.

Race Attribution Modifies the Association Between Daily Discrimination and Major Depressive Disorder Among Blacks: the Role of Gender and Ethnicity

“…Future studies should test if ethnic identity explains the buffering effect of race attribution when discrimination and prejudice are encountered [68, 69, 70, 71]. Ethnic identity and race attribution has been considered as modifiable factors among African Americans, and may be changed as a consequence of race socialization messages [72].…”

The Influence of Family and Community Factors on Ethnic Identity

“…Steinberg (2001) found that African American and Asian American parents were more likely to use an authoritarian parenting style, whereas European American parents were more likely to use authoritative parenting. Hill et al (2012) found a positive significant relation between authoritarian parenting style and EI in a study with African American children. Chao (1994) found authoritarian parenting style to be associated with poor school achievement for European American students but not for Chinese students.…”

Sitting in the Pews: Theological Beliefs and Racial/Ethnic Identity Among African American Adolescents

“…Lastly, higher scores on the stereotype subscale are indicative of adolescents endorsing positive portrayals of African Americans/Blacks. This scale has been used in other studies examining racial identity (e.g., Belgrave et al, 2004; Breland et al, 2002; Hill et al, 2012). The reliability for the Social subscale is .63, the Appearance subscale = .50, and the Stereotype subscale = .68.…”

“…Research using Smith and Brookins’ conceptualization of African American adolescent identity development documents that stronger African cultural values predicted a stronger ethnic identity at post-test for 93 African American adolescent girls participating in an African-centered school-based intervention (Hill et al, 2012). This same study found that African cultural values at pre-test predicted stronger ethnic identity at post-test (Hill et al, 2012).…”

“…Research using Smith and Brookins’ conceptualization of African American adolescent identity development documents that stronger African cultural values predicted a stronger ethnic identity at post-test for 93 African American adolescent girls participating in an African-centered school-based intervention (Hill et al, 2012). This same study found that African cultural values at pre-test predicted stronger ethnic identity at post-test (Hill et al, 2012). In another cultural intervention for African American girls utilizing Smith and Brookins’ conceptualization of racial/ethnic adolescent identity development for African American youth, Belgrave et al (2004) reported that girls in the intervention increased in overall ethnic identity beliefs and indicated a marginally significant increase in rejecting stereotypes about African Americans.…”