Research using self-report or explicit measures of body image suggests African American women have a more accepting view of larger figures than non-Hispanic White (NHW) women. However, increasing ...

For many women in Ethiopia, getting their first formal job doesn't just change their income; it can change how they describe ...

Ethnic identity is a multifaceted concept that describes how people develop and experience a sense of belonging to their culture. Traditions, customs, and feelings about one’s heritage are also ...

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Like many kids growing up in the United States, I came of age straddling two cultures: that of my family’s country of origin, and mainstream/majority American culture. There was a significant Asian ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — While some scholars believe that a strong ethnic identity mitigates the negative mental health impact of racism for people of color, others suggest it can exacerbate these effects. A ...

The relationship between language and ethnic identity has long occupied a central place in social, cultural and political thought. It is a relationship that is at once intimate and complex – uniting ...

The purpose of the present study was to test a socialization model in which ethnic identity mediated the relationship between 3 domains of family processes and 1 key aspect of enculturation: native ...