ETHNIC IDENTITY AND ADJUSTMENT IN ADOLESCENCE

获得的个人认同感的发展是 青春期的主要任务，以及一个人的种族是关键 过程，至少对少数族裔来说是这样。然而，种族认同 对青春期发育的研究很少。目标 这项拟议研究的目的是评估在 青春期，比较少数民族的民族认同发展 (黑人和墨西哥裔美国人)和白人青少年，以及 检视族群认同问题对心理的影响 调整，特别是对少数群体而言。这项研究将是 进行了两年多的研究。在第一年，问卷调查 民族认同和适应措施将进行试点测试 和一小群黑人、墨西哥裔美国人和白人 来自综合学校的七年级和十年级学生。这些研究 也将接受面谈，以确定 问卷调查，并改进面试问题和程序。 在第二年，将进行一次大规模的问卷调查 管理到完好无损的七年级和十年级教室，到 评估族裔认同的过程和内容方面，并 心理适应由各种不同的 标准化措施。来自接受调查的学生 问卷调查，将随机抽取96名学生(代表 每个种族、年龄和性别群体平等)，以进行深入采访 评估种族认同和调整。将进行分析 来研究年轻人和年轻人之间的种族认同差异 年龄较大的青少年，以及在三个族裔群体中，以及 评估种族认同的每个组成部分对学校的影响， 同龄人和家庭适应。据推测，那些 青少年研究了他们的种族意义和 已经就他们的种族身份做出决定的人将表明 比那些没有适应的人更好的适应。然而，调整 将根据两个环境(学校、同伴、家庭)的不同而有所不同 以及取向(单文化、双文化或同化)。 这些数据将有助于理解少数群体 这对教师、辅导员、 治疗师，以及其他从事青少年工作的人。

The development of an achieved personal identity is one of the main tasks of adolescence, and one's ethnicity is central to this process, at least for minorities. However, ethnic identity development during adolescence has been little studied. The aims of the proposed study are to assess ethnic identity development in adolescence, to compare ethnic identity development in minority (Black and Mexican-American) and White adolescents, and examine the impact of ethnic identity issues on psychological adjustment, particularly for minorities. The study will be conducted over two years. During the first year, questionnaire measures of ethnic identity and adjustment will be pilot tested with a small group of Black, Mexican-American, and White seventh and tenth graders from integrated schools. These studies will also be interviewed both to establish the validity of the questionnaire and to refine interview questions and procedures. During the second year, a large scale questionnaire will be administered to intact seventh and tenth grade classrooms, to assess both process and content aspects of ethnic identity and psychological adjustment as measured by a variety of standardized measures. From the students surveyed by the questionnaire, 96 students will be randomly selected (to represent equally each ethnic, age, and sex group) for in-depth interviews to assess ethnic identity and adjustment. Analyses will be carried out to examine differences in ethnic identity between younger and older adolescents, and among the three ethnic groups, and to assess the impact of each component of ethnic identity on school, peer, and home adjustment. It is hypothesized that those adolescents who have examined the meaning of their ethnicity and have made a decision regarding their ethnic identity will show better adjustment than those who have not. However, adjustment will vary as a function of both the context (school, peers, home) and the orientation (monocultural, bicultural, or assimilated). These data will contribute to an understanding of minority adolescents which will be of value to teachers, counselors, therapists, and others who work with adolescents.