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Multiple Dimensions of Racial Group Identification Among Adult Black Americans

dc.contributor.authorThornton, Michaelen_US
dc.contributor.authorTran, Thanhen_US
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Roberten_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T19:39:33Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T19:39:33Z
dc.date.issued1997en_US
dc.identifier.citationThornton, Michael; Tran, Thanh; Taylor, Robert (1997). "Multiple Dimensions of Racial Group Identification Among Adult Black Americans." Journal of Black Psychology 3(23): 293-309. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67631>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0095-7984en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67631
dc.description.abstractAlthough increasing attention has been brought to examining group identity among Black adults, we know little about reference groups within the overall racial group category. Using National Study of Black America data for 2,107 respondents, the present study highlighted various components of group identification among adult Black Americans. Structural equation modeling revealed three dimensions to identity (masses, elites, and rebels) variously associated with a set of sociodemographic and residential variables. Respondents who were older, married, less educated, and living in the South and in rural areas were most likely to identify with the masses. Olde, rural, less educated, and married people also felt close to elites, as did those with low incomes. Finally, the young, males, those with low incomes, and not from the South felt close to rebels. The results support describing at least three reference groups within what is typically called Black group identity.en_US
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dc.publisherSAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC.en_US
dc.titleMultiple Dimensions of Racial Group Identification Among Adult Black Americansen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSociologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of Wisconsin-Madisonen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherBoston Collegeen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/67631/2/10.1177_00957984970233010.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/00957984970233010en_US
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