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Intersections of Race-Ethnicity and Gender on Identity Development and Social Roles

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This chapter will review definitions and sociohistorical dimensions of race-ethnicity and gender, as well as models that have been proposed to better understand their psychological forms and functions. Most of these theoretical definitions and models have been monolithic in nature, focusing for example on either race-ethnicity or gender, but less typically on both. More recent psychological models emphasize intersectional approaches, incorporating multiple social groups, including race-ethnicity and gender, and will be reviewed as well. A final section will discuss future research and practice implications of the extant literature.

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Miville, M.L., Ferguson, A.D. (2014). Intersections of Race-Ethnicity and Gender on Identity Development and Social Roles. In: Miville, M., Ferguson, A. (eds) Handbook of Race-Ethnicity and Gender in Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8860-6_1

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