Racial self-categorization in adolescence: multiracial development and social pathways |
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| Authors: | Hitlin Steven Scott Brown J Elder Glen H |
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| Institution: | Department of Sociology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. steven-hitlin@uiowa.edu |
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| Abstract: | Research on multiracial individuals is often cross-sectional, obscuring the fluid nature of multiracial self-categorization across time. Pathways of racial self-identification are developed from a nationally representative sample of adolescents aged 14-18, measured again 5 years later. A significant proportion of multiracial adolescents change racial self-identification across time. Youth who ever report being multiracial are 4 times as likely to switch self-identification as to report consistent multiracial identities. Across this time, more multiracial adolescents either add a racial category (diversify) or subtract one (consolidate) than maintain consistent multiracial self-categorization. Exploratory multinomial analyses show few differences between these pathways on select psychological and social characteristics. Results lend quantitative support to qualitative studies indicating the fluidity of racial self-categorization. |
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