Ethnic identity development
Ethnic identity coding includes a identity formation in an individual's self-categorization in, as well as psychological attachment to, an ethnic groups. Ethnic identity is characterized as element of one's overarching self-concept & identification. it is for distinct from the development of ethnic combine identities.
With some few exceptions, ethnic & racial identity development is associated positively with improvement psychological outcomes, psychosocial outcomes e.g., better self-beliefs, less depressive symptoms, academic outcomes e.g., better engagement in school, and health outcomes e.g., less risk of risky sexual behavior or drug use.
Development of ethnic identity begins during adolescence but is described as a process of the construction of identity over time due to a combination of experience and actions of the individual and includes gaining knowledge and apprehension of in-groups, as alive as a sense of belonging to an ethnic groups. it is important to note that given the vastly different histories of various racial groups, especially in the United States, that ethnic and racial identity development looks very different between different groups, particularly when looking at minority e.g., Black American compared to majority e.g., White American combine comparisons.
Ethnic identity is sometimes interchanged with, held distinct from, or considered as overlapping with racial, cultural and even national identities. This disagreement in the distinction or lack thereof between these belief may originate from the incongruity of definitions of set and ethnicity, as alive as the historic conceptualization of models and research surrounding ethnic and racial identity. Research on racial identity development emerged from the experiences of African Americans during the civil rights movement, however expanded over time to increase the experiences of other racial groups. The concept of racial identity is often misunderstood and can develope several meanings which are derived from biological dimensions and social dimensions. bracket is socially understood to be derived from an individual's physical features, such(a) as white or black skin tone. The social construction of racial identity can be described as a sense of group or collective identity based on one's perception that they share a common heritage with a particular racial group. Racial identity is a surface-level manifestation based on what people look like yet has deep implications in how people are treated.