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Black and Immigrant in America: Ethnic Misidentification, Acculturation, and Psychological Distress
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Black and Immigrant in America: Ethnic Misidentification, Acculturation, and Psychological Distress
Yazar:
Clarke, Annette V., author.
ISBN:
9780438025400
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1 electronic resource (121 pages)
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-10(E), Section: B.
Advisors: Sita G. Patel Committee members: Ricardo F. Muñoz; Alvin Thomas; Teceta Thomas Tormala.
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Black immigrants make up 8% of the foreign-born population and 8% of the Black population in the United States, numbers that are steadily increasing. However, they are often mislabeled by others as African American, contributing to the dearth of research into their unique experiences. In particular, we know little about Black immigrant experiences with microaggressions, which are brief daily indignities to people of color; and with acculturation, a negotiation between majority and traditional cultures. The miscategorization of Black immigrants as African American may not match individual personal identity, leading to misidentification, a particular type of microaggression that indicates a misalignment between self-reported race or ethnicity and identification by others. This type of experience has been shown to prompt negative emotional reactions, including higher rates of suicidality, substance use, discrimination, physical health, and mental health disparities. Research on misidentification among Blacks is very limited and generally involves the assumption of a universal Black American experience and it is unclear if there are differences between immigrants and non-immigrants. To address this gap in the research, the present study gathered quantitative and qualitative data from Black adults via an internet-based survey to (1) examine experiences of ethnic misidentification among Blacks, (2) understand the relationship between ethnic misidentification, acculturation strategy, and acculturative stress, (3) investigate how ethnic misidentification and acculturative stress interact to impact psychological distress. Quantitative results show that, among Black immigrant adults, ethnic misidentification is a significant predictor of acculturative stress, acculturative stress is a significant predictor of psychological distress, and the relationship between ethnic misidentification and psychological distress is mediated by acculturative stress. Qualitative narratives of ethnic misidentification and primarily negative emotional reactions emerged, which was used to support and interpret the quantitative data. Study limitations, clinical and real world implications, and future directions are discussed.
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School code: 1569
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