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Differentiation of self and racial identity
- Source :
- Counselling Psychology Quarterly. 26:343-361
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2013.
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Abstract
- This study explored the relationship between personal identity development and in-group/out-group identities within the sociopsychological context of the USA. Specifically, the study examined the relationship between Bowen’s construct of differentiation of self and Helms’ construct of racial identity for an American sample of 309 undergraduate and graduate students. Insofar as both models refer to a progression from an externally defined sense of self to an internally defined sense of self, it was hypothesized that higher levels of more sophisticated racial identity statuses would be positively associated with higher levels of self-differentiation for both white participants and participants of color. Overall, the findings suggest that for white students, attitudes associated with a more differentiated sense of self are also associated with a more sophisticated racial identity statuses, increased awareness of how white privilege and racism operate, and less internal conflict about one’s own racial identit...
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White privilege
Psychology of self
Identity (social science)
Context (language use)
Racism
Racial formation theory
Developmental psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Personal identity
Psychology
Social psychology
Identity formation
Applied Psychology
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Details
- ISSN :
- 14693674 and 09515070
- Volume :
- 26
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Counselling Psychology Quarterly
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........3d5580841f02b8f6736ab4f41a907c1f