{"id":2265,"date":"2009-10-19T18:36:47","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T18:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=2265"},"modified":"2013-05-12T19:27:43","modified_gmt":"2013-05-12T19:27:43","slug":"self-perceived-minority-prototypicality-and-identification-in-mixed-race-individuals-implications-for-self-esteem-and-affirmative-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=2265","title":{"rendered":"Self-Perceived Minority Prototypicality and Identification in Mixed Race Individuals: Implications for Self-Esteem and Affirmative Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spspmeeting.org\/poster_detail.php?ID=13\" target=\"_blank\">Self-Perceived Minority Prototypicality and Identification in Mixed Race Individuals: Implications for Self-Esteem and Affirmative Action<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spspmeeting.org\" target=\"_blank\">SPSP 2010<\/a><br \/>\nThe Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology<br \/>\n2010-01-28 through 2010-01-30<br \/>\nLas Vegas, Nevada<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www3.davidson.edu\/cms\/x43677.xml\" target=\"_blank\">Jessica J. Good<\/a><\/strong>, Assistant Professor of Psychology<br \/>\n<em>Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rci.rutgers.edu\/~gchavez\/\" target=\"_blank\">George F. Chavez<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>Department of Psychology<br \/>\n<em>Rutgers University<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/psych.rutgers.edu\/people\/sanchez.html\" target=\"_blank\">Diana T. Sanchez<\/a><\/strong>, Associate Professor of Psychology<br \/>\n<em>Rutgers University<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In 2008, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barack_Obama\" target=\"_blank\">Barack Obama<\/a> became the first multiracial individual to be elected President of the United States. Multiracial individuals are in the unique position of having multiple racial backgrounds with which to identify, ranging from monoracial (i.e. identifying with only one racial group) to extraracial (i.e. identifying with the human race; Renn, 2004). However, little research has examined the psychological processes linked to racial identification in mixed-race individuals. We proposed that the extent to which multiracial individuals identify as minority depends on their perceptions of their own prototypicality (similarity to the prototype of the minority group), which may be linked with feelings of connectedness to the minority group and perceived similarity in physical appearance to other members of the minority group. Data were collected from 107 mixed race minority-White participants using online sampling methods. Results from structural equation analysis supported our hypotheses; connectedness to the minority community and perceived similarity in physical appearance to members of the minority group predicted self-identification as minority due to perceived prototypicality. Additionally, minority identification was positively predictive of both psychological (self-esteem) and practical\/real world (comfort applying for affirmative action) benefits. Implications for perceived affirmative action eligibility are discussed. These results add to a growing literature on the affective and behavioral consequences of multiracial individuals\u2019 identity choices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-Perceived Minority Prototypicality and Identification in Mixed Race Individuals: Implications for Self-Esteem and Affirmative Action SPSP 2010 The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2010-01-28 through 2010-01-30 Las Vegas, Nevada \u00a0 Jessica J. Good, Assistant Professor of Psychology Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina George F. 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