Year: 2014
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The relationship between thriving, perceived discrimination (PD) and ethnic identity (EI) was tested in a sample of 139 college students from an urban university on the east coast, who completed an online survey package.It was hypothesized that PD would be negatively related to thriving and spark identification and motivation (spark IDM); that EI would be positively related to thriving and spark motivation; and that EI would moderate the relationship between PD and thriving, and between PD and spark IDM.Results showed no significant relationship between PD and total thriving or PD and spark motivation.EI and total thriving were positively correlated, but EI and spark IDM were not significantly related.No interaction effect between PD and EI was found for total thriving or for spark IDM; however, EI showed a main effect on total thriving.Implications of these findings are explored in the discussion.
Author: Alix Faas
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2616384403