Participants Needed for Study on the Concept of Bi-Racial Ethnic BelongingnessPosted in Identity Development/Psychology, Wanted/Research Requests/Call for Papers on 2016-02-24 02:29Z by Steven |
Participants Needed for Study on the Concept of Bi-Racial Ethnic Belongingness
Saint Mary’s University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
2016-02-23
The need to belong is a fundamental aspect of life. For bi-racial individuals, ethnic belongingness can be more complicated compared to a monoracial individual. Belongingness contributes to self-esteem and for bi-racial individuals their perceived lack of belonging can cause a problematic question; what am I?
Due to the one-drop rule that categorized any individual with a black ancestor as black, many bi racial individuals adapt a black ethnic identity. This one-drop rule continues to be implemented because of the justification that multi-racial children will be defined by society as black. With a growing population and increased awareness of multi-racial individuals some adapt an ambiguous identity. The purpose of this study is to find out if bi-racial (black and white) individuals who self-identify as bi-racial will have a different sense of belongingness compared to bi-racial individuals who self-identify as black or self-identify as white.
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