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Critical Action and Ethnic–Racial Identity: Tools of Racial Resistance at the College Transition
Author(s) -
Mathews Channing J.,
Durkee Myles,
Hope Elan C.
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/jora.12790
Subject(s) - ethnic group , psychology , action (physics) , reciprocal , identity (music) , longitudinal study , action research , critical theory , social psychology , developmental psychology , sociology , mathematics education , anthropology , linguistics , philosophy , physics , statistics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , acoustics , epistemology
This study examines the reciprocal relationship between critical action and ethnic–racial identity (ERI) exploration in Black college students using a longitudinal cross‐lagged model. Participants were Black students ( N = 237; M age = 18.2; 74% female) from a longitudinal study of college transition. Analyses examined the temporal ordering and directionality of associations between critical action and ERI exploration over four time points from college entry through four years of college. Critical action positively predicted ERI exploration over each year of college, and ERI exploration positively predicted critical action in a reciprocal fashion over the same years. These findings underscore theoretical assertions that critical action and ERI are intertwined in Black youths' development and provide insight into how critical action and ERI overlap beyond adolescence.