Exploring the Role of Natural Mentor Support in Ethnoracial Identity Development

Poster Session VIII

Keyword: Cultural Diversity

Abstract: We investigated how cumulative support from natural mentors during racially/ethnically underrepresented students’ first year of college is associated with subsequent ethnoracial identity exploration and pride. Mentor support was positively associated with ethnoracial pride via students’ ethnic identity exploration. Additionally, there was an unexpected negative direct association between support and pride.

• Aaliyah Churchill (Presenting Author)
• Anne-Chanel Renald (Author)
• Noelle Hurd (Author)