Variations in Bicultural Identification among African American and Mexican American Adolescents

Surveyed 46 middle- and working-class Mexican American students and 52 middle-class African American students from ethnically diverse high schools in southern California as to American identity, other-group attitudes, self-concept, anxiety, and demographic characteristics. Found varied types of iden...

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Published inJournal of research on adolescence Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 3 - 32
Main Authors Phinney, Jean S, Devitch-Navarro, Mona
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1997
Subjects
Adolescents
African Americans
Biculturalism
Black American people
Black Students
Blacks
Comparison
Ethnic Identity
Ethnicity
High School Students
Identification (Psychology)
Los Angeles, California
Mexican American people
Mexican Americans
Middle Class
Racial Identification
Working Class
Young people
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Summary:Surveyed 46 middle- and working-class Mexican American students and 52 middle-class African American students from ethnically diverse high schools in southern California as to American identity, other-group attitudes, self-concept, anxiety, and demographic characteristics. Found varied types of identification manifested by ethnic minority adolescents in relation to their two reference groups--ethnic and American. (EAJ)
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ISSN:1050-8392
1532-7795
DOI:10.1207/s15327795jra0701_2