Ethnic Identity Profiles Among Adolescents in the ABCD Study: Associations with Resting State Functional Connectivity and Perceived Discrimination.

ABSTRACT: Ethnic identity refers to how individuals perceive and experience themselves in the context of social groups, racial background, or culture (Phinney & Ong., 2007). Ethnic identity is positively associated with psychological well-being (Rivas-Drake et al., 2014) and negatively associated with depression and anxiety (Forstmeier et al., 2021). Those with strong ethnic identity may display resiliency to the negative effects of discrimination on psychological well-being (Urzúa et al., 2021). Phinney's model describes four profiles for how people put effort into, participate in, and reflect upon their ethnic identity (Phinney, 1989). Despite prior work addressing ethnic identity and psychosocial outcomes (for review, see Meca et al., 2023), few studies have considered its neurobiological underpi

SUBMITTER: Jancetic TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12407776 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature