ERI exploration becomes a salient component of identity development during adolescence as social-cognitive maturity increases¶
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q2 i? During adolescence, increased social-cognitive maturity enables youth to explore their ethnicity and internalize values from their ethnic and racial groups, making exploration a particularly salient ERI component in this period. → Umaña-Taylor 2014
Evidence¶
Umaña-Taylor 2014¶
Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Lee, R. M., Rivas-Drake, D., Syed, M., Seaton, E., Quintana, S. M., Cross, W. E. Jr., Schwartz, S. J., & Yip, T. (2014). Ethnic and Racial Identity During Adolescence and Into Young Adulthood: An Integrated Conceptualization. Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12196
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Theoretical synthesis by the Study Group, drawing on prior models (Phinney's extension of Erikson and Marcia), holds that "the construct of ERI exploration or search is particularly salient during this developmental period." Exploration includes thinking about one's ethnicity, talking with others, and participating in ethnic-group activities. No effect size is printed.
"Given these changes, the construct of ERI exploration or search is particularly salient during this developmental period (Umaña-Taylor et al., 2004). Exploration captures the aspect of ERI in which youth seek information or are exposed to information about their ethnic-racial group."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Identity — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Adolescents with achieved ERI status report the highest salience and centrality of ethnicity-race across situations — related
- Ethnic identity tends to follow an increasing trajectory across the middle-school years among ethnic minority youth — related
- School ethnic composition moderates change in ERI affirmation during adolescence — related
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ERI exploration becomes a salient component of identity development during adolescence as social-cognitive maturity increases |
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ERI exploration becomes a salient component of identity development during adolescence as social-cognitive maturity increases |
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