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The Interpretation of Multiracial Status and Its Relation to Social Engagement and Psychological Well‐Being
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The authors examined how multiracial individuals chose to identify themselves with respect to their racial identity and how this choice relates to their self-reported psychological well-being (e.g., self-esteem, positive affect) and level of social engagement.Abstract:
This research examines how multiracial individuals chose to identify themselves with respect to their racial identity and how this choice relates to their self-reported psychological well-being (e.g., self-esteem, positive affect) and level of social engagement (e.g., citizenship behaviors, group alienation). High school students who belong to multiple racial/ethnic groups (N = 182) were asked to indicate the group with which they primarily identify. Participants were then classified as identifying with a low-status group (i.e., Black or Latino), a high-status group (i.e., Asian or White), or multiple groups (e.g., Black and White, etc.). Results showed that, compared with multiracial individuals who identified primarily with a low- or high-status group, those who identified with multiple groups tended to report either equal or higher psychological well-being and social engagement. Potential explanations and implications for understanding multiracial identity are discussed.read more
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Multiple Identities in Social Perception and Interaction: Challenges and Opportunities
TL;DR: This review examines recent research on the perception and experience of the complex, multifaceted identities that both complicate and enrich the authors' lives and considers how opportunities that emerge from the possession of identities that include multiple distinct or overlapping groups might benefit both perceivers and targets.
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Multiracial Identity Integration: Perceptions of Conflict and Distance among Multiracial Individuals
Chi-Ying Cheng,Fiona Lee +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a new construct, multiracial identity integration (MII), was proposed to measure individual differences in perceptions of compatibility between multiple racial identities and found that MII is composed of two independent subscales: racial distance and conflict.
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Testing an Integrative Model of Respect: Implications for Social Engagement and Well-Being:
TL;DR: The model’s prediction that fair treatment from group members shapes attitudes toward the group and self via two distinct pathways: status and inclusion was tested and findings from a field study supported the model and yielded new insights.
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My Choice, Your Categories: The Denial of Multiracial Identities
TL;DR: The authors examined the negative consequences of constraining mixed-race individuals' expression of their chosen racial identity in a demographic questionnaire and found that those who were forced to choose only one race showed lower subsequent motivation and self-esteem.
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The social identity theory of intergroup behavior
Henri Tajfel,John C. Turner +1 more
TL;DR: A theory of intergroup conflict and some preliminary data relating to the theory is presented in this article. But the analysis is limited to the case where the salient dimensions of the intergroup differentiation are those involving scarce resources.
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Men and Women of the Corporation
TL;DR: Men and Women of the Corporation: The Population, Industrial Supply Corporation: Setting Roles And Images as discussed by the authors, Men and women of the corporation: The population, the setting roles and images, the players and the stage.
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Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations
TL;DR: In this paper, the scope and range of ethnocentrism in group behavior is discussed. But the focus is on the individual and not on the group as a whole, rather than the entire group.
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