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Permanent URL	http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/2797
Title	Ethnic Identity and Personal Well-being of People of Color: A Meta-Analysis
BYU Creator	Smith, Timothy B. Silva, Lynda
Keywords	ethnic identity; mental health; well-being; meta-analysis
Description/Abstract	This meta-analysis summarized research examining the relationship between the constructs of ethnic identity and personal well-being among people of color in North America. Data from 184 studies analyzed using random effects models yielded an omnibus effect size of r = .17, suggesting a modest relationship between the two constructs. The relationship was somewhat stronger among adolescents and young adults than among adults over age 40. No differences were observed across participant race, gender, or socioeconomic status, which findings support the general relevance of ethnic identity across people of color. Studies correlating ethnic identity with self-esteem and positive well-being yielded average effect sizes twice as large as those from studies correlating ethnic identity with personal distress or mental health symptoms. Thus ethnic identity was more strongly related to positive well-being than to compromised well-being. Overall, the corpus of research located in this review consist
Source	Smith, T. B., & Sylva, L. (2011). Ethnic identity and personal well-being of people of color: A meta-analysis. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 58, 42-60. http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/cou/index.aspx
Publisher	American Psychological Association
Date Original	2011-01-01
Date Digital	2010-12-20
Language	English eng en
Publication Type	Peer-Reviewed Articles
Type	Text
Format	application/pdf
Owning Institution	Brigham Young University
BYU College	David O. McKay School of Education
BYU Department	Counseling Psychology and Special Education
Copyright Status	(c) 2010 American Psychological Association, all rights reserved. This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record.
Copyright Use Information	http://www.lib.byu.edu/generic_copyright.html

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