Ethnic identity is an important component of the self-concept and, like other aspects of identity, can be particularly salient during adolescence. Most research on ethnic identity has focused on th...

The Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure A New Scale for Use with Diverse Groups

Ethnic identity is central to the psychological functioning of members of ethnic and racial minority groups, but research on the topic is fragmentary and inconclusive. This article is a review of 70 studies of ethnic identity published in refereed journals since 1972. The author discusses the ways in which ethnic identity has been defined and conceptualized, the components that have been measured, and empirical findings. The task of understanding ethnic identity is complicated because the uniqueness that distinguishes each group makes it difficult to draw general conclusions. A focus on the common elements that apply across groups could lead to a better understanding of ethnic identity.

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Ethnic identity in adolescents and adults: Review of research.

This engaging 2005 introduction offers a critical approach to discourse, written by an expert uniquely placed to cover the subject for a variety of disciplines. Organised along thematic lines, the book begins with an outline of the basic principles, moving on to examine the methods and theory of CDA (critical discourse analysis). It covers topics such as text and context, language and inequality, choice and determination, history and process, ideology and identity. Blommaert focuses on how language can offer a crucial understanding of wider aspects of power relations, arguing that critical discourse analysis should specifically be an analysis of the 'effects' of power, what power does to people, groups and societies, and how this impact comes about. Clearly argued, this concise introduction will be welcomed by students and researchers in a variety of disciplines involved in the study of discourse, including linguistics, linguistic anthropology and the sociology of language.

Discourse: A Critical Introduction

The purpose for this study was to examine the structure and construct validity of a measure of ethnic identity among young adolescents from diverse ethnic groups. Students in sixth, seventh, and eighth grades (N = 5,423) from diverse ethnic groups completed the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM), measures of psychological well-being and a measure of salience of ethnicity. Factor analyses of data for the three largest ethnic groups (European American, African American, Mexican American) yielded a two-factor structure that corresponded to two theoretical approaches to ethnic identity, as hypothesized. Similar patterns in magnitude of loadings were observed across groups, indicating that the MEIM could be used as a global composite index of ethnic identity. Ethnic identity was related positively to measures of psychological well-being such as coping ability, mastery, self-esteem and optimism, and negatively to measures of loneliness and depression. MEIM scores also were moderately strong and positive ...

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The Structure of Ethnic Identity of Young Adolescents from Diverse Ethnocultural Groups

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Landscape planning and stress

Ethnic identity: Cultural continuities and change

In this thought-provoking reader of largely new or newly revised articles, scholars link ethnicity to language, nationalism, localism, religion and other issues in various crucial areas around the globe: former Yugoslavia, Eastern Europe and the Baltic States, Sri Lanka, Southeast and East Asia, Africa and Latino communities in the United States. An important professional resource and an excellent teaching tool for courses in anthropology and ethnic studies.

Ethnic Identity: Creation, Conflict, and Accommodation

Preface: The Cultural Context of Medicine and the Biohuman Paradigm Medical Systems and the Uses of Choice Creativity in Illness: Methodological Linkages to the Logic and Language of Science in Folk Pursuit of Health in Central Italy by Lola Romanucci-Ross Aztec and European Medicine in the New World, 1521-1600 by Clara Sue Kidwell Phantoms and Physicians: Social Change Through Medical Pluralism by Libbet Crandon-Malamud Empirical Analyses of Non-Western Medical Practices and Medical Ecology Poisoned Apples and Honeysuckles: The Medicinal Plants of Native America by Daniel E. Moerman Herbal and Symbolic Forms of Treatment in the Medicine of The Lowland Mixe by Michael Heinrich The Evolution of Human Nutrition by Barry Bogin Zoonoses and the Origins of Old and New World Viral Diseases--New Perspectives by Linda M. Van Blerkom Malaria, Medicine, and Meals: A Biobehavioral Perspective by Nina L. Etkin and Paul J. Ross Embodied Mind Metaphors of Pain, Placebo, and Symbolic Healing The Impassioned Knowledge of the Shaman by Lola Romanucci-Ross Anarchy, Abjection, and Absurdity: A Case of Metaphoric Medicine among the Tabwa of Zaire by Allen F. Roberts Physiology and Symbols: The Anthropological Implications of the Placebo Effect by Daniel E. Moerman Narratives of Chronic Pain by Robert Kugelmann The Effect of Ethnicity on Prescriptions for Patient Controlled Analgesia for Post Operative Pain by Bernardo Ng, Joel E. Dimsdale, Jens D. Rollnik, and Harvey Shapiro Modern Medical Inquiry and Culture Change Stress and Its Management: The Cultural Construction of an Illness and Its Treatment by Robert Kugelmann Science of Mind in Contexts of a Culture by Laurence R. Tancredi The "New Psychiatry": From Ideology to Cultural Error by Lola Romanucci-Ross The Aging: Legal and Ethcial Personhood in Cultural Change by Laurence R. Tancredi and Lola Romanucci-Ross The Extraneous Factor in Western Medicine by Lola Romanucci-Ross and Daniel E. Moerman "Medical Anthropology": Convergence of Mind and Experience in the Anthropological Imagination by Lola Romanucci-Ross, Daniel E. Moerman, and Laurence R. Tancredi Index

The Anthropology of Medicine: From Culture to Method

Conflict, violence, and morality in a Mexican village

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction: Ethnic Pluralism: Conflict and Accommodation Part 3 Part I: Changing Ethnic and National Identities Chapter 4 Chapter 1: Matrices of an Italian Identity: Past as Prologue Chapter 5 Chapter 2: Vilnius, Lithuania: An Ethnic Agglomerate Chapter 6 Chapter 3: Ethnic Nationality in the Former Yugoslavia: Ethnogenesis, Ethnic Cleansing, and Present-Day Identities among Croats, Serbs, and Bosniacs Chapter 7 Chapter 4: Cultural Identity and Minority Status in Japan Part 8 Part II: Migration and Ethnic Minoritites Chapter 9 Chapter 5: Ethnic Identity and Schooling: Experiences of Haitian Immigrant Youth Chapter 10 Chapter 6: Ethnic Identity of Moroccans in Belgium and the Netherlands Chapter 11 Chapter 7: When Minorities Migrate: The Racialization of Japanese Brazilians in Brazil and Japan Part 12 Part III: Ethnic Ascription versus Self-Definitions Chapter 13 Chapter 8: Peasants, Ethnicity, and the Politics of Location in Thailand Chapter 14 Chapter 9: "Beautiful Beasts" and Brave Warriors: The Longevity of a Maasai Stereotype Chapter 15 Chapter 10: Becoming Rom: Ethnic Development among Roma Communities in Bulgaria and Macedonia Chapter 16 Chapter 11: Subtle "Primitives": Ethnic Formation among the Central Yaka of Zaire Part 17 Part IV: Shifting Ethnic Identities-The Realpolitik of Cultural Control Chapter 18 Chapter 12: The End of "Whiteness": The Transformation of White Identity in South Africa Chapter 19 Chapter 13: Mixed Feelings: Spoiled Identities in the New South Africa Chapter 20 Conclusion: Ethnic Identity: A Psychocultural Perspective

Lola Romanucci-Ross

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Ethnic identity: Cultural continuities and change

Ethnic Identity: Creation, Conflict, and Accommodation

The Anthropology of Medicine: From Culture to Method

Conflict, violence, and morality in a Mexican village

Ethnic identity : problems and prospects for the twenty-first century