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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

External Messages and Racial Identity Centrality in Multiracial Youth

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Developmental

  • Courtney Jones
    Northwestern University
  • Leoandra Rogers
    Northwestern University
  • Jason Schwartz
    Northwestern University
  • Elisa Rapadas
    Northwestern University

Abstract

Longitudinal interviews with 41 self-identified multiracial children (W1 Mage = 9.70 years) were analyzed to assess the messages multiracial youth receive about their racial identifications. Qualitative coding showed that older children reported receiving more identity-invalidation messages from others. Quantitative analyses assess the association between identity messages and racial identity centrality.

Race and Ethnicity