Examining Multiracial pride, identity-based challenges, and discrimination: An exploratory investigation among Biracial emerging adults

Journal article

N. K. Christophe, Annabelle L. Atkin, G. Stein, Michele Chan
Race and Social Problems, vol. 14, 2022, pp. 22-38

DOI: http://doi.org.10.1007/s12552-021-09325-4

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Christophe, N. K., Atkin, A. L., Stein, G., & Chan, M. (2022). Examining Multiracial pride, identity-based challenges, and discrimination: An exploratory investigation among Biracial emerging adults. Race and Social Problems, 14, 22–38. https://doi.org/http://doi.org.10.1007/s12552-021-09325-4

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Christophe, N. K., Annabelle L. Atkin, G. Stein, and Michele Chan. “Examining Multiracial Pride, Identity-Based Challenges, and Discrimination: An Exploratory Investigation among Biracial Emerging Adults.” Race and Social Problems 14 (2022): 22–38.

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Christophe, N. K., et al. “Examining Multiracial Pride, Identity-Based Challenges, and Discrimination: An Exploratory Investigation among Biracial Emerging Adults.” Race and Social Problems, vol. 14, 2022, pp. 22–38, doi:http://doi.org.10.1007/s12552-021-09325-4 .

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@article{n2022a,
  title = {Examining Multiracial pride, identity-based challenges, and discrimination: An exploratory investigation among Biracial emerging adults},
  year = {2022},
  journal = {Race and Social Problems},
  pages = {22-38},
  volume = {14},
  doi = {http://doi.org.10.1007/s12552-021-09325-4     },
  author = {Christophe, N. K. and Atkin, Annabelle L. and Stein, G. and Chan, Michele}
}

Abstract

This study investigated the main and interactive effects of identity-based challenges, discrimination, and Multiracial pride on psychological distress in Biracial emerging adults. Additionally, we examined whether these associations may differ by Biracial sub-group (e.g., black–white, Asian–white, Latinx–white, and minority–minority) given their unique racial experiences. Participants were 326 Biracial emerging adults (Mage = 19.57 years old; 75.2% female) recruited from three public universities in the United States for an online survey. For all Biracial groups, identity-based challenges were associated with greater psychological distress. After testing a series of competing multi-group regression models, results indicated that the relations between distress and our predictors: identity-based challenges, discrimination, and Multiracial pride do indeed differ across Biracial sub-group. The most apparent and unique differences were displayed by the black–white Biracial sub-group. These findings highlight identity-based challenges as a unique risk in the Biracial population and suggest that a principled comparison between Biracial sub-groups is necessary to tease apart group-specific associations between these constructs and psychological distress.