{"id":11968,"date":"2011-02-06T05:08:49","date_gmt":"2011-02-06T05:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=11968"},"modified":"2011-02-06T05:08:49","modified_gmt":"2011-02-06T05:08:49","slug":"a-conceptual-model-of-multiple-dimensions-of-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=11968","title":{"rendered":"A Conceptual Model of Multiple Dimensions of Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Conceptual Model of Multiple Dimensions of Identity<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Journal of College Student Development
\nVolume 41, Number 4 (July\/August 2000)
\npages 405-414<\/p>\n

Susan R. Jones<\/strong>, Associate Professor of Education
\nDepartment of Counseling and Personnel Services
\nUniversity of Maryland, College Park<\/em><\/p>\n

Marylu K. McEwen<\/strong>, Professor Emeritus
\nDepartment of Counseling and Personnel Services
\nUniversity of Maryland, College Park<\/em><\/p>\n

A conceptual model of multiple dimensions of identity depicts a core sense of self or one\u2019s personal identity. Intersecting circles surrounding the core identity represent significant identity dimensions (e.g., race, sexual orientation, and religion) and contextual influences (e.g., family background and life experiences). The model evolved from a grounded theory study of a group of 10 women college students ranging in age from 20-24 and of diverse racial-ethnic backgrounds.<\/p>\n

…Reynolds and Pope (1991) drew attention to the importance of multiple identities through their discussion of multiple oppressions. They used several case studies to provide examples of how individuals might deal with their multiple oppressions and then extended Root\u2019s (1990) model on biracial identity development to multiple oppressions.<\/strong> Specifically, Reynolds and Pope (1991), in creating the Multidimensional Identity Model, suggested four possible ways for identity resolution for individuals belonging to more than one oppressed group. These four options were created from a matrix with two dimensions\u2014the first concerns whether one embraces multiple oppressions or only one oppression, and the second concerns whether an individual actively or passively identifies with one or more oppressions. Thus, the four quadrants or options become:<\/p>\n

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  1. Identifying with only one aspect of self (e.g., gender or sexual orientation or race) in a passive manner. That is, the aspect of self is assigned by others such as society, college student peers, or family.<\/li>\n
  2. Identifying with only one aspect of self that is determined by the individual. That is, the individual may identify as lesbian or Asian Pacific American or a woman without including other identities, particularly those that are oppressions.<\/li>\n
  3. Identifying with multiple aspects of self, but choosing to do so in a \u201csegmented fashion\u201d (Reynolds & Pope, 1991, p. 179), frequently only one at a time and determined more passively by the context rather than by the individual\u2019s own wishes. For example, in one setting the individual identifies as Black, yet in another setting as gay.<\/li>\n
  4. The individual chooses to identify with the multiple aspects of self, especially multiple oppressions, and has both consciously chosen them and integrated them into one\u2019s sense of self…<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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    A Conceptual Model of Multiple Dimensions of Identity Journal of College Student Development Volume 41, Number 4 (July\/August 2000) pages 405-414 Susan R. Jones, Associate Professor of Education Department of Counseling and Personnel Services University of Maryland, College Park Marylu K. McEwen, Professor Emeritus Department of Counseling and Personnel Services University of Maryland, College Park […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,125,8],"tags":[2680,5379,5380,5378,5376,5377],"class_list":["post-11968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-identitydevelopment","category-media-archive","tag-journal-of-college-student-development","tag-marylu-k-mcewen","tag-marylu-mcewen","tag-susan-jones","tag-susan-r-jones","tag-susan-robb-jones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}