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The Racial/Ethnic Identity Development of Tomorrow’s Adolescent

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Adolescents across racial/ethnic group memberships often experience some degree of confusion and maladaptive symptoms as they sort through the potential components of their personal and ethnic identities (Luyckx et al., 2008; Schwartz, Zamboanga, Weisskirch, & Rodriguez, 2009). The similarities of this process do not end there; research indicates that the structures of both ethnic identity (Roberts et al., 1999) and personal identity (Schwartz, Côté, & Arnett, 2005) are consistent across ethnic groups. Helms (1990) defined racial identity as a “sense of group or collective identity based on the perception that one shares a common racial heritage with a particular group” (as cited by Phelps, Taylor, & Gerard, 2001, p. 210). Ethnic identity, on the other hand, is conceptualized as “the study of attitudes about one’s own ethnicity” (Phinney, 1990, p. 499) and may include ethnic group membership self-identification, a sense of belonging, and attitudes one holds toward their ethnic group (Phinney, 1992). As our society becomes more global and welcoming of greater racial/ethnic diversity, the study of racial/ethnic identity development becomes even more salient for adolescents (Berry, Poortinga, Segall, & Dasen, 2002; Schwartz et al., 2009). A major goal of this chapter is to address the aspects of both racial and ethnic identity development among adolescents. This goal is accomplished in part by linking theories of adolescent identity development to the experiences of diverse youth.

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Thompson, K.V., Harris, K., Clauss-Ehlers, C.S. (2013). The Racial/Ethnic Identity Development of Tomorrow’s Adolescent. In: Clauss-Ehlers, C., Serpell, Z., Weist, M. (eds) Handbook of Culturally Responsive School Mental Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4948-5_12

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