Developmental Interplay between Ethnic, National, and Personal Identity in Immigrant Adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Developing a personal identity is a core developmental task for all adolescents. Immigrant adolescents need to integrate the meaning that their belonging to their ethnic group and the receiving nation has for them into their personal identity. The purpose of this study was to examine the longitudinal interplay between personal, ethnic, and national identities of a middle school sample of immigrant youth (N = 765, M_age = 12.7 years, SD = 0.6 at T1; 46% girls) enroled in Greek schools. Data were collected in three waves with repeated measures. To test the link between these identities, two trivariate Cross-Lagged Panel Models were ran, one examining identity exploration and the other examining identity commitment. The results revealed robust within time positive links between ethn

SUBMITTER: Mastrotheodoros S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8116219 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature