An examination of ethnic identity as a mediator of the effects of community participation and neighborhood sense of community on psychological empowerment among urban youth of color

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 551-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
David T. Lardier
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Urban Youth ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Youth Of Color

scholarly journals Basque Ethnic Identity and Collective Empowerment: Two Key Factors in Well-Being and Community Participation

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Zabala ◽  
Susana Conejero ◽  
Aitziber Pascual ◽  
Itziar Alonso-Arbiol ◽  
Alberto Amutio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Social Identification ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Identity Fusion ◽  
Collective Empowerment

Social identity is a factor that is associated with well-being and community participation. Some studies have shown that ethnic identity goes along with empowerment, and that interaction between the two leads to greater indices of well-being and community participation. However, other works suggest a contextual circumstance (i.e., perceiving one’s own group as a minority and/or being discriminated) may condition the nature of these relations. By means of a cross-sectional study, we analyzed the relations of social identification (or identity fusion) and collective psychological empowerment with personal well-being, social well-being and community participation in a sample of Basques. A total of 748 Basques participated (63.1% women; age M = 39.28; SD = 12.13). Individuals who were highly identified or fused with Basque speakers and who were highly empowered showed higher indices of well-being (both personal and social) and of community participation than non-fused individuals with low empowerment. The results also suggest that social identification (or identity fusion) offsets the negative effects of perceiving the group as a linguistic minority. Collective psychological empowerment proved to be an especially relevant factor that needs to continue to be explored.

Contextualizing negative sense of community and disconnection among urban youth of color: “Community…We ain't got that”

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 834-848 ◽  
Author(s):  
David T. Lardier ◽  
Veronica R. Barrios ◽  
Brad Forenza ◽  
Kathryn G. Herr ◽  
Carrie Bergeson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Urban Youth ◽  
Youth Of Color ◽  
Negative Sense

The Relationships of Peer Norms, Ethnic Identity, and Peer Support to School Engagement in Urban Youth

2007 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 2156759X0701000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Shin ◽  
Bryan Daly ◽  
Elizabeth Vera
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Urban Youth ◽  
School Engagement ◽  
The United States ◽  
Youth Of Color ◽  
Peer Norms ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Midwestern City

Investigating variables associated with the school success and educational resilience of urban youth of color should be a high priority because of the persistent achievement gap in the United States. The current study examined individual and peer factors’ relation to the school engagement of 132 seventh- and eighth-grade students from a diverse public elementary school in a large Midwestern city. The participants ranged in age from 12 to 15 years old. In this study, positive peer norms, peer support, and positive ethnic identification were hypothesized to intervene in the relationship between negative peer norms and low school engagement. The findings suggest that both positive peer norms and positive ethnic identity may serve as significant protective factors for urban youth of color.

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