Identifier	Thesis 1720
Author	Burgos- Aponte, Glenda D.
Title	Ethnic Identity and Self-Esteem Among High School Students
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date of Publication	2004
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Abstract	The United States is a country, which is characterized by its unique diversity of population. Within this diversity, however, Whites, African Americans, and Hispanics are the three ethnic groups, which compose the majority of its population (United States Bureau of the Census, 2000). Due to the rapid growth of African Americans and Hispanics, whom are considered the minority, interest in the study of ethnic identity development has increased. The purpose of this study is twofold. The first is to examine if there is a relationship between self-esteem and ethnic identity. The second is to investigate, if members of minority groups do or do not have experience lower self-esteem than members of the domain culture. Two hypotheses were tested: It was hypothesized that participants with a sense of group belonging would tend to have higher self-esteem, as compared to those who do not have a sense of belonging. Second, members of minority groups would feel equally satisfied with themselves as compared to members of the domain culture. Subjects were high-school students of all ethnic backgrounds from New Britain High School. The group consisted of six African Americans, 55 Hispanics and 14 Whites. They were administrated tests assessing self-esteem, ethnic identity and a demographic questionnaire. The ten-item Rosenberg (1986), global self-esteem scale was used to assess self-esteem. The Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM) (Phinney, 1992), was used to determine the level of ethnic identity. The demographic questionnaire included information about the participant's gender, age, grade point average, birthplace, parent's occupation, and their own ethnicity and their parents' ethnicity. The results did not yield a relationship between group belonging and self-esteem but a positive correlation between belonging and Ethnic identity was found for all students in general, and for Hispanics in particular. In addition a significant negative correlation was found for all students between GPA and self-esteem. Finally, results showed a significant relationship between years in the United States and self-esteem.
Subject	Ethnicity High school students -- Attitudes Self-esteem in young adults
Department	Department of Psychology
Advisor	Salinas, Moises F., 1966-
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	713735026
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