Early adolescents' ethnic-racial identity in relation to longitudinal growth in perspective taking.

ABSTRACT: Adolescents experience significant growth in social cognition, including perspective taking and identity formation. Due to the salience of race and ethnicity in the United States, adolescents' ethnic-racial identity (ERI) may have important implications for their sociocognitive development. The present study tested the association between ERI in early adolescence and subsequent longitudinal growth in perspective taking. Participants included 560 adolescents assessed annually over 4 years, beginning in sixth and seventh grade. Adolescents were from a small, rural community in the southeast United States and were from diverse ethnic-racial backgrounds (primarily Latine, Black/African American, and multiracial). Using linear growth curve modeling, we examined whether initial ERI predicted int

SUBMITTER: Jorgensen NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11915724 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature