Ethnic Identity as an Ethnic Identity Aggregate Value Orientations

Ethnic Identity

Consistent with Erikson’s and Tajfel’s theoretical perspectives, the Ethnic Identity Scale (EIS) assesses three domains of ethnic identity formation: exploration, resolution, and affirmation. The current chapter explores the findings of three studies in which high school and university students (N = 1,171) completed measures of familial ethnic socialization and self-esteem in addition to comple...

Ethnic Identity 1 Running head : ETHNIC IDENTITY Ethnic Identity and Career Development among First Year College Students

The current study explored the relation of ethnic identity achievement and career development progress among a sample of 2,432 first year college students who completed the Career Decision Profile (CDP; Jones, 1989) and Phinney’s (1992) Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure. Among students of color, correlational analyses revealed a series of statistically significant, but small correlations betwe...

More than an Ethnic Marker: Toraja Art as Identity Negotiator

Ethnic self-awareness as a function of ethnic group status, group composition, and ethnic identity orientation.

This study found that ethnic self-awareness (i.e., the extent to which people are consciously aware of their ethnicity at any given moment) has different meanings for European Americans and Asian Americans and for Asian Americans with different ethnic identity orientations. The authors found main effects of ethnic group status and ethnic composition on ethnic self-awareness when comparing Asian...

Ethnic Identity and Immigrant Homeownership

Ethnic Identity and Immigrant Homeownership Immigrants are much less likely to own their homes than natives, even after controlling for a broad range of life-cycle and socio-economic characteristics and housing market conditions. This paper extends the analysis of immigrant housing tenure choice by explicitly accounting for ethnic identity as a potential influence on the homeownership decision,...