The Racial and Ethnic Identity Formation Process of Second-Generation Asian Indian Americans

A Phenomenological Study

Bibliographic Data

ID4454848
AuthorsDerek K Iwamoto (0000-0002-8587-9389, University of Maryland, College Park), Nalini Junko Negi (0000-0002-9016-9170, University of Maryland, Baltimore), Rachel Negar Partiali (Wright Institute), John W Creswell (0000-0002-5006-880X, University of Nebraska–Lincoln)
Year2013
Volume41
Issue4
Pages224-239
Publication date2013-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Multicultural Counseling and Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0883-8534 • E-ISSN: 2161-1912
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/j.2161-1912.2013.00038.x
PMID25298617
PMCIDPMC4186661
OpenAlexW1844109902
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited18

This phenomenological study elucidates the identity development processes of 12 second-generation adult Asian Indian Americans. The results identify salient sociocultural factors and multidimensional processes of racial and ethnic identity development. Discrimination, parental, and community factors seemed to play a salient role in influencing participants' racial and ethnic identity development. The emergent Asian Indian American racial and ethnic identity model provides a contextualized overview of key developmental periods and turning points within the process of identity development.Este estudio fenomenológico dilucida los procesos de desarrollo de la indentidad de 12 individuos Americano-Indoasiáticos adultos. Los resultados identifican factores socioculturales destacados y procesos multidimensionales del desarrollo de la identidad racial y étnica. Los factores de discriminación, paternos y comunitarios parecieron jugar un papel destacado en su influencia sobre el desarrollo de la identidad racial y étnica de los participantes. El modelo emergente de identidad racial y étnica Americano-Indoasiática proporciona una visión general contextualizada de los periodos clave del desarrollo y los puntos de inflexión durante el proceso del desarrollo de la identidad

Asian americans · Asian Indian · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Identity (music · Identity formation · Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Phenomenology (philosophy · Political science · Qualitative research · Salient · Self-concept · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Anthropology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology