IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT IN ADOLESCENTS FROM FOUR ETHNIC GROUPS

四个民族青少年的身份发展

• 批准号: 3777851
• 负责人: JEAN S PHINNEY
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 至
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3777851
• 关键词: African American; Asian Americans; Mexican Americans; adolescence (12-20); attitude; caucasian American; culture; emotional adjustment; ethnic group; human subject; identity; interpersonal relations; interview; psychological values; questionnaires; self concept; sex roles; social group process

With the increasing diversity of American society, there is growing need for a better understanding of intergroup attitudes as a basis for planning programs to reduce inter-ethnic tension and promote positive intergroup relations. While some intervention programs exist, there is surprisingly little conceptual underpinning for such programs, or evidence to show their effectiveness. In fact, conflicting hypotheses (ethnocentrism and multiculturalism) make quite different predictions about intergroup relations in a pluralistic society. The purpose of the proposed research is to explore these conflicting views by examining the relationship between adolescents' attitudes toward their own ethnic or racial group and toward other groups, and to examine contextual factors that influence these attitudes. These questions will be examined among adolescents from four major American ethnic groups (Asian American, African American, Hispanic, and White), in high school environments that differ in the concentration of each group (homogeneous versus heterogeneous). The first step in this program is to validate measures of intergroup attitudes that are currently under development. These measures, together with existing measures of ethnic attitudes, will be used in a survey of 800 students in 8 high schools which differ in degree of homogeneity and heterogeneity for each of the 4 ethnic groups involved. The survey will permit testing of the conflicting hypotheses in differing school contexts. Follow-up interviews will be carried out with selected subjects to explore in depth the relationships among contexts and attitudes. From the results, a model program will be developed, and an experimental study will be carried out to determine the extent to which attitudes towards own and other groups can be modified. The long term goal is to develop a knowledge base as a foundation for intervention programs to promote positive intergroup relations. Such programs are important because of the adverse consequences to mental health of negative attitudes toward both one's own group and other racial or ethnic groups.

随着美国社会多样性的越来越多，需求不断增长 为了更好地理解小组间态度作为计划的基础 减少种族间张力并促进积极组间的计划 关系。 尽管存在一些干预计划，但令人惊讶的是 此类计划的概念很少，或证据表明他们 效力。 实际上，矛盾的假设（民族中心主义和 多元文化主义）关于组间的预测截然不同 多元社会的关系。 拟议研究的目的 是通过研究 青少年对自己的种族或种族群体的态度以及对 其他群体，并检查影响这些影响这些的上下文因素 态度。 这些问题将在四个青少年中进行检查 美国主要种族（亚裔美国人，非裔美国人，西班牙裔， 和白色），在高中环境中的浓度不同 每个组（均质与异质）。 第一步 计划是为了验证当前的群体间态度的度量 正在开发。 这些措施以及现有的措施 种族态度将用于800名高高的学生的调查 每一个的同质性和异质性程度不同的学校 涉及的四个族裔。 该调查将允许测试 在不同的学校环境中的假设相互矛盾。 后续采访 将与选定的受试者一起进行，以深入探索 背景和态度之间的关系。 从结果，一个模型 计划将开发，并将进行实验研究 确定对自己和其他群体的态度的程度 修改的。 长期目标是将知识基础作为一个 干预计划的基础，以促进群体间 关系。 这样的程序很重要，因为不利的后果 对对自己的群体的负面态度和负面态度的心理健康 其他种族或族裔。