The sum of all parts: A multi-level exploration of racial and ethnic identity formation during emerging adulthood

Abstract

According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the multiracial population measured at 33.8 million, nearly a 300% increase from the 2010 U.S. Census. The significant increase is due in part to improvements in measures to categorize this population. However, there is a dearth of research on the factors and processes that affect multiracial identity formation. The researchers investigated the precipitating factors to the formation of multiracial identification. Participants were recruited through social media campaigns. Hour-long in-depth interviews were conducted with 21 participants via Zoom, following an interview guide consisting of 9 categories: racial and ethnic identification, childhood and upbringing, family influence, peer engagement, health and wellbeing, experiences of discrimination, forming resilience, language, and demographics. Coding of transcripts and thematic analyses revealed that individual, interpersonal and community level influences influenced identity development differently depending on the individual’s positionality within the life course. This supported the use of both the life course framework as well as the social ecological framework when examining multiracial identity development.

COVID-19 vaccine intentions and attitudes in Black American emerging adults with asthma

“…Additionally, older emerging adults in the United States may lose health insurance coverage as they age out of their parents’ health insurance coverage [ 12 ], and indeed, emerging adults have the lowest medical insurance coverage of any age group [ 13 ] and the highest utilization of the emergency department for medical care [ 14 , 15 ]. Minority emerging adults experience this transition differently than their non-Hispanic White peers [ 16 – 18 ] and have been shown to be at an increased risk for negative physical and mental health outcomes [ 19 ]. While little is known about COVID-19 outcomes in Black American emerging adults with asthma, previous research has shown that COVID-19 exacerbated, rather than alleviated, existing health inequities [ 20 ].…”