A Small‐Scale Randomized Efficacy Trial of the Identity Project: Promoting Adolescents' Ethnic–Racial Identity Exploration and Resolution. Issue 3 (21st March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Umaña‐Taylor, Adriana J.; Douglass, Sara; Updegraff, Kimberly A.; Marsiglia, Flavio F.
• Is Part Of: Child development. Volume 89:Issue 3(2018)
• Page Start: 862
• Page End: 870
• Publication Date: 2017-03-21
• Subjects: Child development -- Periodicals; Child psychology -- Periodicals; Child Development -- Periodicals; Child Development; Pediatrics -- Periodicals; Pedicatrics; 305.231
• DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12755
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0009-3920

Abstract

Abstract : Adolescents' ethnic–racial identity (ERI) formation represents an important developmental process that is associated with adjustment. The Identity Project intervention, grounded in developmental theory, was designed to engage adolescents in the ERI processes of exploration and resolution. The current small‐scale efficacy trial involved an ethnic–racially diverse sample of adolescents ( N = 215; M age = 15.02, SD = .68) from eight classrooms that were randomly assigned by classroom to the intervention or attention control group. Differences between conditions in ERI exploration at Time 2 were consistent with desired intervention effects; furthermore, higher levels of ERI exploration at Time 2 predicted increases in ERI resolution at Time 3 only for youth in the treatment condition. Findings provide preliminary evidence of program efficacy.