A Lifespan Model of Ethnic-Racial Identity. Issue 2 (2nd July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Williams, Chelsea Derlan; Byrd, Christy M.; Quintana, Stephen M.; Anicama, Catherine; Kiang, Lisa; Umaña-Taylor, Adriana J.; Calzada, Esther J.; Pabón Gautier, María; Ejesi, Kida; Tuitt, Nicole R.; Martinez-Fuentes, Stefanie; White, Lauren; Marks, Amy; Rogers, Leoandra Onnie; Whitesell, Nancy
• Is Part Of: Research in human development. Volume 17:Issue 2/3(2020)
• Page Start: 99
• Page End: 129
• Publication Date: 2020-07-02
• Subjects: Developmental psychology -- Periodicals; Human growth -- Periodicals; 155
• DOI: 10.1080/15427609.2020.1831882
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1542-7609

Abstract

Abstract : 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.