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327 COPYRIGHT 2020 BY PSI CHI, THE INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IN PSYCHOLOGY (VOL. 25, NO. 4/ISSN 2325-7342) *Faculty mentor R acial identity is an important factor in an individual’s intersectionality of identities and can play a pivotal role in cognition and behaviors. Racial identity is an individual’s sense of belonging within a specific racial group based on the perception that the person shares a racial heritage with such group (Helms, 1990). The concept of racial identity contrasts from race because race is a social construction that has its foundations in skin color (Pendry, 2017). Although many scholars in multiple disciplines, such as evolutionary biology and anthropology, have found no scientifically proven distinctions between races, people act as if race is a real category by treating people differently based on skin color (Pendry, 2017). This prejudice risen from racism can deny a person’s individuality and negatively affect intergroup and intragroup interactions (Tatum, 1992). However, racial identity can be a powerful tool for people of color to use to combat racism. Pendry (2017) views the development of racial identity as an important factor in an individual’s broad cultural identity. Culture is the focal point that can bring many individuals together under a common set of values, leading to a sense of belonging. Although race and racism are meant to categorize and tear people apart, a solid development of racial identity can lead to feelings of acceptance and inclusion. Coping strategies are ways in which people respond when they confront difficult or stressful events (Carver et al., 1989). There is a tendency to group coping strategies into two coping styles— problem-focused coping and avoidance-oriented ABSTRACT. Everyone responds to stress differently by using a wide variety of coping strategies. The current study (N = 898; 71.16% White, 13.36% Asian, 6.68% Black, 3.23% Multiracial, 5.57% Other) investigated the relationship between 12 coping strategies of the COPE Inventory (Carver et al., 1989) and 5 racial identities. As expected and in line with previous work, Asian and Black participants tended to use more religious coping (p < .001), and Asian participants tended to use more restraint as a coping mechanism than White participants (p < .001). Our sample in this study, however, uncovered some novel trends. Interestingly, Asian participants tended to use a diverse mixture of coping strategies, including focusing on and venting of emotions (p = .04), instrumental social support (p = .02), active coping (p = .05), coping humor (p < .001), emotional social support (p = .03), and suppression of competing activities (p < .001). The use of these different coping strategies was counterintuitive due to the nature of Asian collectivist culture. The coping strategies of venting of emotions, instrumental social support, emotional social support, and suppression of competing activities active coping, in particular, challenge collectivist culture norms of emotional control and group harmony. Additional results are reported and explained. The current study suggests that coping strategies vary by racial identity and that people of color tend to utilize more coping strategies than White people.

Exploring the Complexity of Coping Strategies Among People of Different Racial Identities