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Keywords
African American teenagers--Psychology; African Americans--Race identity; Self-esteem in adolescence;
Abstract
This study examined the relationship between ethnic identity and self-esteem among African-American adolescents. There has been little or no research documenting the relationship between ethnic identity development and level of self-esteem, especially among minority adolescents; that is, researchers have failed to focus on ethnic identity and self-esteem at the level of individual change--a developmental process. Within the framework of identity theory, ethnic identification is hypothesized to be related to self-esteem.
Using the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI) and the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM), the correlation analysis, Fisher's Z-Transformation, and one-way ANOVAs were performed with a total subject population of 142 African-American students comprising the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. The nature of this ethnic identity construct is discussed and its relation to self-esteem and other demographic variables is investigated.
The study confirmed that ethnic identity and self-esteem are related psychological constructs among African-American adolescents. Most importantly, it was also noted that ethnic identity consists of two interrelated components, ethnic identity achievement and ethnic belonging, in addition to other residuals unaccounted for in determining one's self-esteem.
Year of Submission
1993
Degree Name
Specialist in Education
Department
Department of Educational Psychology, Foundations, and Leadership Studies
Department
Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations
First Advisor
Radhi H. Al-Mabuk
Date Original
1993
Object Description
1 PDF file (86 pages)
Copyright
©1993 Arthur Hughes, Jr.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Hughes, Arthur Jr., "The Relationship Between Ethnic Identity and Self-Esteem Among African-American Adolescents" (1993). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 1550.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/1550
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