The Effects of Racial Identity on African American Youths' Psychosocial Adjustment: A Conceptualization of the Literature and Meta-Analytic Review

<p>There is a general assumption of the positive effect of racial identity on the psychosocial adjustment of African-American youth. Despite this assertion, research findings for racial identity are unclear. The disparate measures of racial identity were organized into a cohesive framework with eight categories. Using this conceptual framework, a meta-analytic review was conducted on the effects the components of racial identity on African-American adolescents' psychosocial adjustment. There were 58 independent samples from 34 published journal articles and 14 unpublished papers (dissertations) including a total of 14,209 youth included in the study. Results of study highlight the importance of racial pride and suggest implications for multidimensional models and qualitative research on racial identity for future research.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• Elmore, Corinn

Contributors dc:contributor

• Psychology
• Copyright © 2013 Corinn Elmore
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

• African American
• Meta-analysis
• Psychosocial Well-being
• Race
• Racial Identity
• Youth
• Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss/1080

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ecommons.luc.edu:luc_diss-2079