ETHNICITY, IDENTITY, AND ADJUSTMENT--DEVELOPMENTAL TRAJECTORIES IN ADOLESCENCE

种族、身份和适应——青春期的发展轨迹

• 批准号: 6296634
• 负责人: JEAN S PHINNEY
• 金额: $ 13.37万
• 依托单位: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-07-01 至 1999-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6296634
• 关键词: Asian Americans; Mexican Americans; adolescence (12-20); behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; culture; developmental psychology; ego /superego /id; ethnic group; human subject; identity; interpersonal relations; interview; longitudinal human study; peer group; psychological adaptation; psychological models; psychological values; questionnaires; social group process; southeast Asia

The general purpose of this research is to examine ego identity, ethnic identity, and cultural adaptation among minority adolescents, with a focus on both the variables that influence these processes and the ways in which these processes in turn relate to over-all psychological adjustment. A specific goal of this study is to develop a causal model that can explain the ways in which these factors interact and influence each other. The study will also provide descriptive, normative data on identity development in minority adolescents. The research will use a longitudinal design that follows two cohorts of adolescents for three years, with one cohort beginning in eighth grade and a second cohort beginning in tenth grade; thus the study over-all will cover the period from eighth through twelfth grades. The participants will be American-born children of immigrants from three ethnic groups (144 Armenian Americans, 144 Mexican Americans, and 144 Vietnamese Americans). Adolescents will complete questionnaires to assess ego identity, ethnic identity, cultural adaptation, peer interactions, family processes, and psychological adjustment. Parents will complete a brief questionnaire on cultural attitudes and values. The longitudinal design will allow for the testing of causal relationships, that is, the effects of predictor variables measured the first year on outcomes assessed the subsequent two years. Results will be analyzed to test a number of specific hypotheses. In addition, a comprehensive model will be developed to test the interrelationships among the variables. It is expected that family and peer variables will affect the endogenous variables of ego identity, ethnic identity, and cultural adaptation, and that these endogenous variables will in turn affect psychological well-being. The results will help establish causal factors in healthy adjustment and will provide normative data on the development of minority youth. These findings will be useful in developing ways to promote the development and psychological well-being of minority adolescents, a group at greater risk than White adolescents for a variety of mental health problems.

这项研究的一般目的是检查自我身份，种族 少数族裔青少年的身份和文化适应，重点 在影响这些过程的两个变量上 这些过程反过来涉及所有的心理调整。一个 这项研究的具体目标是开发一个可以解释的因果模型 这些因素相互作用和影响彼此的方式。这 研究还将提供有关身份的描述性规范数据 少数族裔青少年的发展。该研究将使用纵向 遵循两个青少年的设计三年，其中一个 队列从八年级开始，第二个队列从十分开始 年级;因此，整个研究将涵盖从第八到第八的时期 十二年级。参与者将是美国出生的孩子 来自三个族裔的移民（144位亚美尼亚美国人，144个墨西哥人 美国人和144名越南人）。青少年将完成 评估自我身份，种族身份，文化的问卷 适应，同伴互动，家庭过程和心理 调整。父母将完成有关文化的简短问卷 态度和价值观。纵向设计将允许进行测试 因果关系，即预测变量的影响 在评估后期两年的结果上测量了第一年。 将分析结果以检验许多特定的假设。在 此外，还将开发一个综合模型来测试 变量之间的相互关系。期望家庭和 对等变量将影响自我身份的内源变量， 种族身份和文化适应，这些内生 变量反过来会影响心理健康。结果将 帮助建立健康调整中的因果因素，并将提供 关于少数族裔的发展的规范数据。这些发现会 在开发促进发展和心理的方法中有用 少数族裔青少年的福祉，一群人比白人更大的风险 各种心理健康问题的青少年。