TY - JOUR
T1 - Examining Multiracial Pride, Identity-Based Challenges, and Discrimination
T2 - An Exploratory Investigation Among Biracial Emerging Adults
AU - The LOVING Study Collaborative
AU - Christophe, N. Keita
AU - Atkin, Annabelle L.
AU - Stein, Gabriela L.
AU - Chan, Michele
AU - Abidog, Clarissa
AU - Gabriel, Abigail K.
AU - Lee, Richard M.
AU - Wu, Christine S.
AU - Yoo, Hyung Chol (Brandon)
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by a Predoctoral Fellowship provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (T32-HD07376) through the Carolina Consortium on Human Development, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to N. Keita Christophe.
Funding Information:
The LOVING Study Collaborative is a research team consisting of researchers from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Arizona State University, and the University of Minnesota. In addition to the four named authors, members include: Clarissa Abidog, Abigail K. Gabriel, Richard M. Lee, Christine S. Wu, and Hyung Chol (Brandon) Yoo.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - This study investigated the main and interactive effects of identity-based challenges, discrimination, and Multiracial pride on psychological distress in Biracial emerging adults. Additionally, we examined whether these associations may differ by Biracial sub-group (e.g., black–white, Asian–white, Latinx–white, and minority–minority) given their unique racial experiences. Participants were 326 Biracial emerging adults (Mage = 19.57 years old; 75.2% female) recruited from three public universities in the United States for an online survey. For all Biracial groups, identity-based challenges were associated with greater psychological distress. After testing a series of competing multi-group regression models, results indicated that the relations between distress and our predictors: identity-based challenges, discrimination, and Multiracial pride do indeed differ across Biracial sub-group. The most apparent and unique differences were displayed by the black–white Biracial sub-group. These findings highlight identity-based challenges as a unique risk in the Biracial population and suggest that a principled comparison between Biracial sub-groups is necessary to tease apart group-specific associations between these constructs and psychological distress.
AB - This study investigated the main and interactive effects of identity-based challenges, discrimination, and Multiracial pride on psychological distress in Biracial emerging adults. Additionally, we examined whether these associations may differ by Biracial sub-group (e.g., black–white, Asian–white, Latinx–white, and minority–minority) given their unique racial experiences. Participants were 326 Biracial emerging adults (Mage = 19.57 years old; 75.2% female) recruited from three public universities in the United States for an online survey. For all Biracial groups, identity-based challenges were associated with greater psychological distress. After testing a series of competing multi-group regression models, results indicated that the relations between distress and our predictors: identity-based challenges, discrimination, and Multiracial pride do indeed differ across Biracial sub-group. The most apparent and unique differences were displayed by the black–white Biracial sub-group. These findings highlight identity-based challenges as a unique risk in the Biracial population and suggest that a principled comparison between Biracial sub-groups is necessary to tease apart group-specific associations between these constructs and psychological distress.
KW - Biracial
KW - Discrimination
KW - Pride
KW - Psychological distress
KW - Resilience
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U2 - 10.1007/s12552-021-09325-4
DO - 10.1007/s12552-021-09325-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85124738264
SN - 1867-1748
VL - 14
SP - 22
EP - 38
JO - Race and Social Problems
JF - Race and Social Problems
IS - 1
ER -