Mixed Race Studies

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  • A big fish or a small pond? Framing effects in percentages

    A big fish or a small pond? Framing effects in percentages Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Volume 122, Issue 2, November 2013 pages 190–199 DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2013.07.003 Meng Li, Assistant Professor Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences University of Colorado Denver Gretchen B. Chapman, Professor of Psychology Rutgers University This paper presents three studies that…

  • Obama as Wounded Healer

    Obama as Wounded Healer Psychology Today Ideals in Question: Exploring values in psychotherapeutic culture 2013-08-02 Stephen Salter, Psy.D. Validating the context of racial trauma On July 19th, Barack Obama honored the life of Trayvon Martin by giving voice to the history of racial trauma in the African American community.  “It could have been me,” Obama…

  • Often Misidentified, Multiracial People Value Accurate Perceptions

    Often Misidentified, Multiracial People Value Accurate Perceptions American Psychological Association Press Releases 2013-08-02 Average American has trouble identifying multiracial people, research finds HONOLULU — Multiracial people may be misidentified more often as being white than black and may value being accurately identified more so than single-race individuals, according to research presented at APA’s 121st Annual…

  • Prove you’re Japanese: when being bicultural can be a burden

    Prove you’re Japanese: when being bicultural can be a burden The Japan Times 2013-07-29 Louise George Kittaka Parents’ decision to add a katakana name can create issues when kids enter the big wide world Japanese are Japanese and foreigners are foreigners, and never the twain shall meet? In many aspects of daily life in this…

  • Mental health service use by adolescents of Indian and White origin

    Mental health service use by adolescents of Indian and White origin Archives of Disease in Childhood Published online: 2013-07-29 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-303772 Panos Vostanis, Professor of Psychology University of Leicester Nadzeya Svirydzenka, Research Assistant Department of Psychology University of Leicester Pat Dugard, Independent Senior Statistician King’s Lynne, United Kingdom Swaran Singh, Professor of Social and Community…

  • Multiracial Daughters of Asian Immigrants: Identity and Agency

    Multiracial Daughters of Asian Immigrants: Identity and Agency Women & Therapy Volume 36,  Issue 3-4, 2013 Special Issue: Women and Immigration pages 268-285 DOI: 10.1080/02703149.2013.797776 Leilani Salvo Crane Counseling and Psychological Services University of Pennsylvania Multiracial daughters of Asian immigrants must navigate complex pathways to adulthood, self-efficacy, and self-concept. Frequently they are required by family…

  • Multiracial Child Resource Book: Living Complex Realities

    Published in 2003, this groundbreaking, 288-page volume edited by Maria P. P. Root, Ph.D. and Matt Kelley, offers 35 chapters to assist the people who work with children to serve multiracial youth with compassion and competence.

  • Perceiving a Presidency in Black (and White): Four Years Later

    Perceiving a Presidency in Black (and White): Four Years Later Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy First published online: 2013-06-25 DOI: 10.1111/asap.12018 Sarah E. Gaither Tufts University Leigh S. Wilton Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Danielle M. Young Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey When Barack Obama became the “first Black President”…

  • Black And Jewish And Read All Over

    Black And Jewish And Read All Over The Jewish Week 2013-07-16 Julie Wiener She may currently live on the Upper East Side, but Simone Weichselbaum, 31, remains a Brooklyn girl. Raised in Williamsburg and Crown Heights by her Ashkenazi Jewish dad (who freelances for The Jewish Week) and Jamaican mom, Weichselbaum, a Park East Day…

  • Understanding Ethnic-Racial Socialization and Cognition among Multiracial Youth: A Mixed Methods Study

    Understanding Ethnic-Racial Socialization and Cognition among Multiracial Youth: A Mixed Methods Study University of Massachusetts, Boston June 2013 Susan A. Lambe Sarinana According to the 2010 census report, 9 million people (2.9% of the total population in the United States) identified as multiracial. Of the individuals who identified (or whose parents/guardians identified them) as multiracial,…