Being Bicultural: A Mixed-Methods Study of Adolescents' Implicitly and Explicitly Measured Multiethnic Identities

Autor/inn/en	Marks, Amy K.; Patton, Flannery; Coll, Cynthia Garcia
Titel	Being Bicultural: A Mixed-Methods Study of Adolescents' Implicitly and Explicitly Measured Multiethnic Identities
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 47 (2011) 1, S.270-288 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0020730
Schlagwörter	Metabolism; Ethnicity; Reaction Time; Racial Identification; Adolescents; Biculturalism; Self Concept; Measures (Individuals); Interviews; Whites; Qualitative Research; Coding; Social Cognition; High School Students; College Students; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stoffwechsel; Ethnizität; Reaktionsvermögen; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Bikulturalität; Selbstkonzept; Messdaten; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; White; Weißer; Qualitative Forschung; Codierung; Programmierung; Soziale Kognition; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Collegestudent; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Understanding how ethnic identities develop in adolescence is currently limited by a reliance on self-report paper-and-pencil measures. This mixed-methods study presents a novel response time measure, the Multiethnic Identities Processing Task (MIPT), to quantify bicultural adolescents' implicit identifications with ethnic and racial identity labels. Eighty-four adolescents (age 14-21 years) of diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds self-identified as bicultural or not bicultural and described their ethnic identities, pride, and ethnic centrality during a brief interview. Participants were assigned to complete either the interview (self-prime) or the MIPT (no prime) first. Results indicate that bicultural adolescents readily endorsed a variety of ethnic and racial labels in the MIPT, reflecting their multifaceted identities. Younger bicultural adolescents showed a large inhibited response to the label "White," indicating some hesitation in deciding whether the label was "like me" or "not like me." Heart rate monitoring and qualitative analyses of interviews provide some insight into this pattern of results. Findings are discussed with respect to developmental theory, and the strengths of using both implicit and explicit measures to understand multiethnic identity development in adolescence. (Contains 5 footnotes, 4 tables, and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10