Department of Applied Psychology, New York University.
Dev Psychol. 2017 Nov;53(11):2139-2153. doi: 10.1037/dev0000401.
Two approaches to conceptualizing ethnic-racial identity development dominate the literature within developmental psychology-1 focused on the process of ethnic-racial identity development, including exploration and commitment, and another focused on the evaluative components of identity, including private and public regard. In this study, we examined the interrelations among exploration, commitment, private regard, and public regard across three years in an ethnically diverse sample of Black, Dominican, Chinese, and White early adolescents. To examine the temporal precedence of multiple identity components, we used autoregressive latent trajectory analysis, which estimated time specific relationships, as well as covariation between latent factors. Findings indicated significant cross-time relationships among all identity components. For the most part, exploration predicted commitment, private regard, and public regard but not the reverse. Relationships between commitment and regard were reciprocal. Findings varied across ethnic-racial groups. We discuss the implications of our work for understanding identity processes. (PsycINFO Database Record
两种概念化族裔认同发展的方法主导了发展心理学文献——一种方法侧重于族裔认同发展的过程，包括探索和承诺，另一种方法侧重于身份的评价成分，包括私人和公共关注。在这项研究中，我们在一个由黑种人、多米尼加人、中国人和白种人组成的、种族多样化的早期青少年样本中，用三年时间考察了探索、承诺、私人关注和公共关注之间的相互关系。为了检验多个身份成分的时间优先顺序，我们使用了自回归潜在轨迹分析，该分析估计了特定时间的关系，以及潜在因素之间的共变。研究结果表明，所有身份成分之间存在显著的跨时间关系。在大多数情况下，探索预测了承诺、私人关注和公共关注，但反之则不然。承诺和关注之间的关系是相互的。研究结果因种族群体而异。我们讨论了我们的工作对理解身份过程的意义。
