Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
J Community Psychol. 2022 Mar;50(2):857-875. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22686. Epub 2021 Aug 16.
Among young adults fof color, both sense of community and ethnic identity, as developmental processes, have been associated with wellness, empowerment, and civic action. Additional research is needed that provides empirical support for the connection between psychological sense of community and ethnic identity on outcomes that relate to human development such as intrapersonal psychological empowerment, civic engagement, and depression symptoms. The current study of young adults of color (N = 243; 70% Hispanic/Chicano(a)/Spanish and 10% American Indian/Native American; 70% female) investigates heterogeneity according to dimensions of psychological sense of community and the ethnic identity construct. Latent profile analyses (LPA) were conducted. Using LPA, five profile groups emerged. Profile group differences were present on reported levels of intrapersonal psychological empowerment, civic engagement, and depression symptoms. Majority of sample participants were classified with moderate to high psychological sense of community and ethnic identity. Findings provide insights for efforts on developing community belongingness based on ethnic group identity and engaging young adults in civic life.
在有色人种的年轻人中，社区意识和民族认同作为发展过程，与健康、赋权和公民行动有关。需要更多的研究来提供实证支持，证明心理社区感和民族认同与与人类发展相关的结果之间的联系，如内在心理赋权、公民参与和抑郁症状。本研究调查了有色人种的年轻人（N=243；70%西班牙裔/墨西哥裔/西班牙语裔和 10%美洲印第安人/美洲原住民；70%女性），根据心理社区感和民族认同结构的维度来研究异质性。进行了潜在剖面分析（LPA）。使用 LPA，出现了五个剖面群体。报告的内在心理赋权、公民参与和抑郁症状水平存在剖面群体差异。大多数样本参与者被归类为具有中等到高度的心理社区感和民族认同。研究结果为基于族群认同培养社区归属感和让年轻人参与公民生活的努力提供了见解。
