{"id":6655,"date":"2010-04-16T04:21:39","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T04:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=6655"},"modified":"2011-12-28T23:20:44","modified_gmt":"2011-12-28T23:20:44","slug":"faces-of-the-future-an-exploration-of-biracial-identity-development-and-racial-identification-in-biracial-young-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=6655","title":{"rendered":"Faces of the Future: An Exploration of Biracial Identity Development and Racial Identification in Biracial Young Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"

Faces of the Future: An Exploration of Biracial Identity Development and Racial Identification in Biracial Young Adults<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Smith College School for Social Work
\nNorthampton, Massachusetts
\n2009
\n119 Pages<\/p>\n

Dana L. Benton<\/strong><\/p>\n

A project based upon an independent investigation, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work.<\/em><\/p>\n

This research study examines how biracial young adults experience the process of racial identification and racial identity development. The purpose of this study was to contribute to the growing body of knowledge budding around this topic. This study utilized a mixed methods approach to explore the racial demographics and quality of relationships in bi racial young adults social networks across their life span; experiences with ascribed and self declared racial identifications, as well as, thoughts, feelings and attitudes about being biracial. The experiences of N<\/em>=53 biracial young adults, 18 to 35 years of age, were collected through an anonymous, online survey created by the research. The results of this study suggest that (1) Racial self identification in biracial people can vary across person, time and place (2) Social Factors and Racial Group Membership can be important to biracial peoples racial identity development and racial self identification (3) Inquiry into a biracial persons racial identification can evoke a variety of emotions (4) Biracial people\u2019s attitudes about being biracial can range from negative to positive. This study considers these findings and offers clinical practice as well as research implications for future best practices.<\/p>\n

Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<\/p>\n

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
\nCHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW
\nCHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
\nCHAPTER IV FINDINGS
\nCHAPTER V DISCUSSION
\nREFERENCES<\/p>\n

APPENDICES
\nAppendix A: Human Subjects Committee Approval Letter
\nAppendix B: Informed Consent Form
\nAppendix C: Recruitment Tool
\nAppendix D: Referral List
\nAppendix E: Questionnaire
\nAppendix F: Figure 1: Age of Respondents
\nFigure 2: Gender of Respondents
\nAppendix G: Figure 3: Respondent U.S. Region Reared In
\nFigure 4: Respondents Country Reared In
\nAppendix H: Figure 5: Educational Level of Respondents
\nFigure 6: Income Level of Respondents
\nAppendix I: Figure 7: Change in Racial Self Identification
\nAppendix J: Table 1: Racial Composition of Social World
\nAppendix K: Figure 8: Race of Biological Parents
\nFigure 9: Quality of Parental Relationship
\nAppendix L: Figure 10: Quality of Relationships with Extended Family
\nFigure 11: Familial Acceptance & Participants\u2019 Mixed Race Ancestry
\nAppendix M: Table 2: Respondents\u2019 Racial Identifications (1)
\nTable 3: Respondents\u2019 Racial Identifications (2)
\nAppendix N: Table 4: Respondents\u2019 Racial Identifications (3)
\nTable 5: Respondents\u2019 Monoracial Identifications
\nAppendix O: Table 6: Comparison of Racial Self Identifications
\nAppendix P: Figure 12: Emotional Responses & Racial Inquiries
\nFigure 13: Emotional Responses & Ascribed Racial Identifications
\nAppendix Q: Table 7: Grouping of Racial Self Identification Options<\/p>\n

Read the entire project here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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