Ethnic Identity and Personal Well-Being of People of Color: A Meta-Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Smith, Timothy B.; Silva, Lynda
Titel	Ethnic Identity and Personal Well-Being of People of Color: A Meta-Analysis
Quelle	In: Journal of Counseling Psychology, 58 (2011) 1, S.42-60 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0167
DOI	10.1037/a0021528
Schlagwörter	Ethnicity; Young Adults; Effect Size; Racial Identification; Well Being; Minority Groups; Meta Analysis; Age Differences; Adolescents; Older Adults; Comparative Analysis; Racial Differences; Gender Differences; Socioeconomic Status; Self Esteem; Correlation; Stress Variables; Mental Disorders; Social Influences; Context Effect; Research Methodology; North America + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnizität; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Ethnische Minderheit; Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Älterer Erwachsener; Rassenunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Korrelation; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Sozialer Einfluss; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Nordamerika
Abstract	This article summarizes research examining the relationship between the constructs of ethnic identity and personal well-being among people of color in North America. Data from 184 studies analyzed with random effects models yielded an omnibus effect size of r = 0.17, suggesting a modest relationship between the 2 constructs. The relationship was somewhat stronger among adolescents and young adults than among adults over age 40. No differences were observed across participant race, gender, or socioeconomic status, which findings support the general relevance of ethnic identity across people of color. Studies correlating ethnic identity with self-esteem and positive well-being yielded average effect sizes twice as large as those from studies correlating ethnic identity with personal distress or mental health symptoms. Ethnic identity was thus more strongly related to positive well-being than to compromised well-being. Overall, the corpus of research reviewed consisted of correlational designs; limited scholarship has addressed causal mechanisms, mediating factors, or psychological functions of ethnic identity across different social contexts. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10