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Ethnic Identity and Self-Concept in Adolescents and Young Adults

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This study proposes ethnic and host society identities as potentially important factors of psychological and physical self-concept during adolescence and young adulthood in a culturally diverse society. Both social identity theory and the ethnic identity development model suggest that a strong identification with ethnic group or majority group in a society promote overall self-concept (Phinney 1989, 1990, 2003; Tajfel 1978). The data analyzed are derived from the Growing Up Canadian Project (Noh and Kasper 2003) that includes 585 adolescents and young adults living in the metropolitan area of Toronto, Canada; who were interviewed at their home in 1997 and 1998. The results support that ethnic and host society identities are important to both psychological and physical self-concept of adolescents and young adults. The analyses of specific dimensions of ethnic and host society identity show pride as the most important aspect of these identities for both psychological and physical self-concept. Additionally, the effectiveness of ethnic pride and host society pride/attachment varies by nativity status. In sum, findings of this study suggest importance of including not only ethnic identity, but also host society identity and analyzing their specific dimensions in future studies of self-concept and group identity.

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Ethnic Identity, Host Society Identity, Self-Concept, Adolescence, Young Adulthood
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Kimura, Aya., Miller, Nancy., Falk, R.. and Noh, Samuel. "Ethnic Identity and Self-Concept in Adolescents and Young Adults" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 12, 2005 <Not Available>. 2008-10-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p20609_index.html>

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Kimura, A. , Miller, N. B., Falk, R. F. and Noh, S. , 2005-08-12 "Ethnic Identity and Self-Concept in Adolescents and Young Adults" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Online <PDF>. 2008-10-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p20609_index.html

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Abstract: This study proposes ethnic and host society identities as potentially important factors of psychological and physical self-concept during adolescence and young adulthood in a culturally diverse society. Both social identity theory and the ethnic identity development model suggest that a strong identification with ethnic group or majority group in a society promote overall self-concept (Phinney 1989, 1990, 2003; Tajfel 1978). The data analyzed are derived from the Growing Up Canadian Project (Noh and Kasper 2003) that includes 585 adolescents and young adults living in the metropolitan area of Toronto, Canada; who were interviewed at their home in 1997 and 1998. The results support that ethnic and host society identities are important to both psychological and physical self-concept of adolescents and young adults. The analyses of specific dimensions of ethnic and host society identity show pride as the most important aspect of these identities for both psychological and physical self-concept. Additionally, the effectiveness of ethnic pride and host society pride/attachment varies by nativity status. In sum, findings of this study suggest importance of including not only ethnic identity, but also host society identity and analyzing their specific dimensions in future studies of self-concept and group identity.

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ETHNIC IDENTITY AND SELF-CONCEPT 1 ETHNIC IDENTITY AND SELF-CONCEPT IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS Adolescence and young adulthood represent developmental stages in which psychological distress and incidents of most psychiatric disorders increase sharply (Gore and Aseltine 2003; Steinberg 1987) and the psychological difficulties experienced in this period can affect health in later life (Lewinsohn Rohde and Seeley 2003). The increasing numbers of contemporary immigrants and their children in North American society highlight the importance of understanding the social and
and its meaning. I feel strong attachment to Canadian people. Host Society I try to find out more about the Canadian people (History Exploration etc…). I often talk to other people to learn the Canadian way of life. * Note: An ethnic group name was entered in these parentheses depending on the ethnic heritage a respondent identified with at the beginning. For example for those who claimed to have Korean heritage the word “Korean” was entered in the parentheses


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