Multiracial ethnic-racial identity development involves distinct psychological dimensions

Evidence

For Multiracial individuals, ERI reflects the developmental process of experiencing and understanding both ethnic-racial groups, and the actual beliefs and attitudes about dual ethnic-racial group membership (Umaña-Taylor et al., 2014). Umaña-Taylor et al. (2014) explore five main aspects in which one considers their ERI: (1) exploration, (2) resolution, (3) centrality, (4) positive affect, and (5) public regard. Exploration is the way in which one thinks about and explores or considers what group membership personally means to them. Resolution is the commitment to one’s ERI in one’s daily life. Centrality is the importance of one’s group membership to their selfconcept and overall wellbeing. Positive affect refers to the feeling of belonging to an ethnic-racial group. Lastly, public regard includes the beliefs an individual has about how others view their ethnic-racial group. — Tatiana I. Zamora and Amado M. Padilla, Making sense of conflicting messages of…, 23

Categorization

• XREF: Bears on the reader’s systematic review interest: dimensions like ‘public regard’ and ‘centrality’ are internal levers that may modulate how homogenizing solidarity pressure hits internally heterogeneous members. — connects to: Multiple distinct motives drive racial-ethnic group identification. — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or…, 68; Multiracial identity development proceeds non-uniformly across shared experiences — Tatiana I. Zamora and Amado M. Padilla, Making sense of conflicting messages of…, 34; Racial attitudes form several distinct dimensions rather than one unitary prejudice — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3430

Broader Connections

• Multiracial identity development proceeds non-uniformly across shared experiences #corroborates (0.85) — Tatiana I. Zamora and Amado M. Padilla, Making sense of conflicting messages of…, 34
• Racial attitudes form several distinct dimensions rather than one unitary prejudice #expands (0.72) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3430