Well-being in a biracial sample : racial identification and similarity to parents
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Abstract
It has been estimated that there are between one and ten
million "biracial persons living in the United States at this
time, yet a paucity of empirical data exists as to how those
with mixed racial heritages manage the developmental tasks
associated with identity formation. This project studies
racial identification and parental similarity as they relate
to psychological well-being in a non-clinical sample of
biracial persons. Well-being served as the independent
variable in the analyses and was assessed with the Affect
Balance Scale which measures both positive and negative
affective experiences in subjects' daily lives. Greater wellbeing
is attributed to those for whom positive affect is not
outweighed by negative affect.
All subjects were adults with one black (African-American) and one white (European-American) parent. [TRUNCATED]
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Boston University, 1994.
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