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Ethnic identification in response to perceived discrimination protects well-being and promotes activism

A longitudinal study of Latino college students

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ID8066518
AuthorsTracey Cronin (University of Kansas, corresponding author), Tracey J Cronin (University of Kansas, Canada), Shana Levin (Claremont McKenna College), Nyla R Branscombe (0000-0001-9364-9041, University of Kansas, Canada), Nurit Shnabel (0000-0002-8113-1242, Leiden University), Linda R Tropp (0000-0003-0203-7846, University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Year2011
Volume15
Issue3
Pages393-407
Publication date2011-12-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGroup Processes & Intergroup Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1368-4302 • E-ISSN: 1461-7188
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1368430211427171
OpenAlexW2105779290
LanguageEN
Citations received85
References cited50

Using structural equation modeling and cross-lagged analyses, this longitudinal study investigates ethnic identification, a group-based coping strategy, as a mediator of the influence of perceived discrimination on psychological well-being and willingness to engage in activism on behalf of one’s ethnic group among Latino students in both their first and fourth years of college. We found cross-sectional evidence for the rejection–identification model (RIM) during both years of college. Further, multiple step bootstrapping analyses of the longitudinal data showed that the relationships between perceived discrimination during Year 1 and both well-being and activism during Year 4 were sequentially mediated by activism during Year 1 predicting ethnic identification during Year 4. These data extend the RIM by including activism as an additional outcome variable that has important implications for Latino students across time

Bootstrapping (finance · Coping (psychology · Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Identification (biology · Longitudinal study · Sociology · Structural equation modeling · Clinical Psychology · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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