Ethnic Racial Identity Development and Self-Esteem among Native American Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Peer Belonging.

IF 1.9 4区 心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Zainab Hosseini, Teresa LaFromboise
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Abstract

While ethnic racial identity (ERI) development is associated with a variety of psychological well-being outcomes, the mechanisms through which this association operates is yet to be fully explained. During adolescence, social belonging is a developmentally salient process that can play a key role in how ERI impacts well-being. We sought to explore the mediating role of belonging to peer networks in the association between ERI and self-esteem among Native American adolescents. In this cross-sectional, mediational study, we used survey data from 317 Native American students attending a reservation high school (46.9% female; M age =16). Students' levels of ERI development were measured by combining items from two scales pertaining to ethnic identity development and racial identity. We employed a structural equation modeling approach to explore the mediating role of peer belonging in the association between ERI and self-esteem. Results suggest that our 4-item index of peer belonging was an acceptable measure of this construct. Further, the significant indirect effect of peer belonging explains a notable portion (β=.22, p ≤ .05) of the total effects of ERI on self- esteem (β=.54, p ≤ .05). This finding suggests that higher levels of ERI achievement contribute to higher levels of peer belongingness, which in turn lead to improved self-esteem among students. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

美国原住民青少年的种族认同发展与自尊:同伴归属感的中介作用。
虽然种族认同(ERI)的发展与各种心理健康结果有关,但这种关联的运作机制尚未得到充分解释。在青少年时期,社会归属感是一个突出的发展过程,在 ERI 如何影响幸福感方面起着关键作用。我们试图探索同龄人网络的归属感在美国本土青少年的 ERI 与自尊之间的关联中的中介作用。在这项横断面中介研究中,我们使用了 317 名就读于保留地高中的美国原住民学生(46.9% 为女性;平均年龄为 16 岁)的调查数据。学生的 ERI 发展水平是通过将有关民族认同发展和种族认同的两个量表中的项目相结合来测量的。我们采用结构方程建模法来探讨同伴归属感在 ERI 与自尊之间的关联中的中介作用。结果表明,我们的 4 项朋辈归属指数是对这一结构的可接受的测量。此外,在 ERI 对自尊的总效应(β=.54,p≤.05)中,同伴归属感的间接效应占了很大一部分(β=.22,p≤.05)。这一结果表明,较高水平的 ERI 成就有助于较高水平的同伴归属感,进而提高学生的自尊。本文讨论了研究和实践的意义。
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期刊介绍: American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center is a professionally refereed scientific journal. It contains empirical research, program evaluations, case studies, unpublished dissertations, and other articles in the behavioral, social, and health sciences which clearly relate to the mental health status of American Indians and Alaska Natives. All topical areas relating to this field are addressed, such as psychology, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, anthropology, social work, and specific areas of education, medicine, history, and law. Through a standardized format (American Psychological Association guidelines) new data regarding this special population is easier to retrieve, compare, and evaluate.
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