Positive Ethnic Identity Content Among Adolescents With Minority Ethnic Backgrounds Living in Sweden.

ABSTRACT: Previous research on adolescents with minority ethnic backgrounds has often centered on risks and vulnerabilities due to the effects of racism in society. This however leaves a gap in the literature when it comes to positive aspects of ethnic identity, and the gap is even more pronounced when it comes to European contexts since the few previous studies have largely been performed in the United States. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore positive ethnic identity content among adolescents with minority ethnic backgrounds living in Sweden. Fifteen late adolescents, self-identifying with a minority ethnic background, who reported that their ethnicity was central to their sense of self and who had explored what their ethnic identity meant to them, were interviewed. The interviews wer

SUBMITTER: Stern PD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12790105 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature