TY - JOUR
T1 - A Lifespan Model of Ethnic-Racial Identity
AU - Williams, Chelsea Derlan
AU - Byrd, Christy M.
AU - Quintana, Stephen M.
AU - Anicama, Catherine
AU - Kiang, Lisa
AU - Umaña-Taylor, Adriana J.
AU - Calzada, Esther J.
AU - Pabón Gautier, María
AU - Ejesi, Kida
AU - Tuitt, Nicole R.
AU - Martinez-Fuentes, Stefanie
AU - White, Lauren
AU - Marks, Amy
AU - Rogers, Leoandra Onnie
AU - Whitesell, Nancy
N1 - Funding Information:
This relatively piecemeal approach makes it difficult to chart continuity across developmental periods when identity components are defined specific to a single developmental period, with little effort tracing either the origin or maturation of components beyond a single developmental period. The resulting scholarship gives the impression of disjointed development of ethnic-racial identity. To piece together disparate scholarship in the field’s conceptual understanding of ERI, [Adriana Umaña-Taylor and Esther Calzada] assembled a work group funded by the National Science Foundation. The goal of our work group was to develop an integrated model of ERI development that would describe when components of ERI first emerge, how they unfold from one developmental period to another, which components have yet to be studied at particular periods, as well as the factors that influence ERI development within and across developmental periods.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The current paper presents a lifespan model of ethnic-racial identity (ERI) from infancy into adulthood. We conceptualize that ethnic-racial priming during infancy prompts nascent awareness of ethnicity/race that becomes differentiated across childhood and through adulthood. We propose that the components of ERI that have been tested to date fall within five dimensions across the lifespan: ethnic-racial awareness, affiliation, attitudes, behaviors, and knowledge. Further, ERI evolves in a bidirectional process informed by an interplay of influencers (i.e., contextual, individual, and developmental factors, as well as meaning-making and identity-relevant experiences). It is our goal that the lifespan model of ERI will provide important future direction to theory, research, and interventions.
AB - The current paper presents a lifespan model of ethnic-racial identity (ERI) from infancy into adulthood. We conceptualize that ethnic-racial priming during infancy prompts nascent awareness of ethnicity/race that becomes differentiated across childhood and through adulthood. We propose that the components of ERI that have been tested to date fall within five dimensions across the lifespan: ethnic-racial awareness, affiliation, attitudes, behaviors, and knowledge. Further, ERI evolves in a bidirectional process informed by an interplay of influencers (i.e., contextual, individual, and developmental factors, as well as meaning-making and identity-relevant experiences). It is our goal that the lifespan model of ERI will provide important future direction to theory, research, and interventions.
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U2 - 10.1080/15427609.2020.1831882
DO - 10.1080/15427609.2020.1831882
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85094559689
JO - Research in Human Development
JF - Research in Human Development
SN - 1542-7609
ER -