Promoting adolescent adjustment by intervening in ethnic-racial identity development: Opportunities for developmental prevention science and considerations for a global theory of change

• Published in: International Journal of Behavioral Development Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 352 - 365
• Main Author: Umaña-Taylor, Adriana J.
• Format: Book Review Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.07.2023; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Adjustment; Adolescent Development; Adolescents; Change Strategies; Efficacy; Ethnic identity; Ethnicity; Identity formation; Intervention; Marginality; Otherness; Prevention; Prevention programs; Program Effectiveness; Program Implementation; Racial Identification; Racial identity; Self Concept; Social development; Student Adjustment; Teachers; Theories; Theory; Youth; adolescence; Ethnic identity; intervention; racial identity

Identity formation is a fundamental developmental process that has significant consequences for youth adjustment during adolescence and beyond. This article presents evidence indicating that ethnic-racial identity, specifically, is an important developmental competency on which prevention science sh...