Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles.
Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2023 Jul;29(3):431-445. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000489. Epub 2021 Aug 19.
The current work explores the effects of racial miscategorization (incongruence between other people's racial categorization of an individual and that individual's racial self-identification) and subjective well-being of multiracial individuals in Hawai'i versus California. We set out to examine how multiracial individuals experience racial miscategorization in more or less ethnically diverse environments and how this experience shapes the extent to which they feel a sense of belonging and inclusion.
The study consisted of interviews with 55 multiracial undergraduate and graduate students conducted in Hawai'i (20 self-identified women and 9 self-identified men, with ages ranging from 18 to 47 years; = 22.93, = 6.40) and California (16 self-identified women, 9 self-identified men, and 1 self-identified gender nonbinary person, with ages ranging from 18 to 31 years; = 20.96, = 2.76).
Thematic analysis identified two central themes relevant to subjective well-being: (a) racial miscategorization and its consequences and (b) contextual differences in the experiences of miscategorization. Results suggest that racial miscategorization is a pervasive experience among multiracial people and is associated with negative psychological well-being. We also found that environments with greater representation of multiracial individuals, such as Hawai'i, are associated with less racial miscategorization, more inclusion, and better psychological well-being among multiracial individuals.
Racial miscategorization is a prominent and aversive experience among multiracial individuals, but multiracial environments can serve as a psychological buffer. Racial miscategorization has important theoretical and practical implications for racial and ethnic identity research, which we discuss. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
本研究旨在探讨夏威夷和加利福尼亚州的多民族个体的种族错认（他人对个体的种族分类与个体的种族自我认同之间的不一致）和主观幸福感的影响。我们旨在研究多民族个体在种族多样性程度不同的环境中经历种族错认的方式，以及这种经历如何影响他们归属感和包容感的程度。
本研究包括对夏威夷（20 名自我认定为女性，9 名自我认定为男性，年龄在 18 至 47 岁之间； = 22.93， = 6.40）和加利福尼亚（16 名自我认定为女性，9 名自我认定为男性，1 名自我认定为非二元性别者，年龄在 18 至 31 岁之间； = 20.96， = 2.76）的 55 名多民族本科和研究生进行了访谈。
主题分析确定了与主观幸福感相关的两个核心主题：（a）种族错认及其后果；（b）错认经历的背景差异。结果表明，种族错认是多民族人群普遍存在的经历，与负面的心理健康有关。我们还发现，像夏威夷这样的多民族代表性更强的环境与较少的种族错认、更多的包容和多民族个体更好的心理健康有关。
种族错认是多民族个体一个突出且令人不快的经历，但多民族环境可以作为一种心理缓冲。种族错认对种族和民族认同研究具有重要的理论和实践意义，我们对此进行了讨论。（APA，2023）
