Influences of ethnicity, interracial climate, and racial majority in school on adolescent ethnic identity

From: Social Work in Education | Date: January 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Using a questionnaire completed in a school setting, the study discussed in this article examined the ethnic identity development of 2 52 adolescents. The study probed for possible association of ethnic identity development with ethnicity, school interracial climate, and the racial majority in a given school environment. Key measures included were the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Scale, the Interracial Climate Scale, and sociodemographics including ethnic or racial population percentages. Multiple regression analysis showed that being a member ofan ethnic minority group and interracial climate ...

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