{"id":7347,"date":"2010-08-14T17:44:59","date_gmt":"2010-08-14T17:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=7347"},"modified":"2010-08-30T22:04:17","modified_gmt":"2010-08-30T22:04:17","slug":"fluid-or-fixed-which-is-better-multiracial-identity-consistency-and-emotional-well-being-in-adolescence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=7347","title":{"rendered":"Fluid or Fixed: Which is Better? Multiracial Identity Consistency and Emotional Well-Being in Adolescence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fluid or Fixed: Which is Better? Multiracial Identity Consistency and Emotional Well-Being in Adolescence<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

American Sociological Association<\/a>
\nAnnual Meeting 2010<\/a>
\nRegular Session: Multi-Racial Classification\/Identity<\/a>
\nAtlanta Marriott Marquis
\nMonday, 2010-08-16, 16:30-18:10 EDT (Local Time)<\/p>\n

Session Organizer: Rebecca C. King-O\u2019Riain<\/a><\/strong>, Senior Lecturer of Sociology
\nNational University of Ireland-Maynooth<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Presider: Carolyn A. Liebler<\/a><\/strong>, Assistant Professor of Sociology
\nUniversity of Minnesota<\/em><\/p>\n

Ruth H. Burke<\/a>
\n<\/strong>University of Pennsylvania<\/em><\/p>\n

Rory Kramer<\/a><\/strong>
\nUniversity of Pennsylvania<\/em><\/p>\n

Camille Zubrinsky Charles<\/a><\/strong>, Professor of Sociology and the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor in the Social Sciences; Director, The Center for Africana Studies
\nUniversity of Pennsylvania<\/em><\/p>\n

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Traditional theories of multiracial identity propose that multiracial individuals go through a period of \u201ccrisis\u201d in which their racial and ethnic identity is fluid and inconsistent. These theories argue that such fluidity leads to emotional stress. Recent research has shown that this fluidity is more related to socioeconomic status and background and that racial consistency is not a necessary or ideal goal for multiracial individuals. At the same time, others have shown how to measure consistency of identity in survey research such as Add Health but have not yet studied whether or not consistency is related to negative emotional outcomes. In this paper, we expand those measures to include Hispanic ethnic identity in our measure of consistency and test whether or not inconsistency of racial and\/or ethnic identity is related to depression. We find that the older, more linear theories of multiraciality are not correct and that fluid identities are not significantly related to higher scores on a standard measure of depression. The paper concludes by discussing how these findings highlight the importance of producing new theories of racial identity that consider fluidity and multidimensionality of racial identity as a natural and neutral part of an individual\u2019s identity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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