Say it Loud: The Obama Effect and Racial/Ethnic Identification of Adolescents

Autor:	Wesley T. Church, Sara Tomek, John M. Bolland, Lisa M. Hooper, Javonda Williams, Kathleen A. Bolland
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Longitudinal study Presidency White (horse) Poverty Anthropology Role model Cohort Nomination Identification (psychology) Psychology Social psychology Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Zdroj:	Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. 24:858-868
ISSN:	1540-3556 1091-1359
DOI:	10.1080/10911359.2014.909343
Popis:	The current study examined how self-reported racial/ethnic identification of adolescents living in poverty may be related to significant societal events and seminal public figures. Data from a multiple cohort longitudinal study, conducted in Mobile, Alabama between 1998 and 2011, were used to examine the impact of Barack Obama's nomination and presidency on racial/ethnic identification. The results show that significantly more adolescents changed their self-reported racial/ethnic identification from White or Mixed-Race to Black or Mixed Race after the election than before. These results suggest that a distant public figure can serve as a role model with observable effects for adolescents.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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