Communication Studies, Department of
Date of this Version
2014
Citation
Qualitative Research Reports in Communication 15:1 (2014), pp. 1–8.
doi: 10.1080/17459435.2014.955586
Abstract
Participants (N = 113) who indicated that their parents had different ethnic or racial backgrounds provided retrospective accounts of parental messages they perceived as influential in the development of their ethnic identity. Three themes of parental messages concerning ethnic identity emerged from the participants’ responses: (a) parental messages of encouragement/egalitarianism, (b) parental messages of preference, and (c) lack of explicit parental messages/silence. Findings are discussed in terms of implications for understanding multiethnic identity development, and future directions for research are put forth.
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