A survey of 88 Mexican American workers in Phoenix found that respondents generally perceived English and the Anglo group as more vital than Spanish and the Mexican American group. Perceived in-group vitality was positively related to ethnic identity but not to first language. (SV)

Seventy Asian-white, black-white, and Latino-white adolescents reported having multiethnic identity and high degrees of acceptance and comfort in white majority and ethnic minority communities, peer relationships, and family relationships. Respondents had average self-esteem and preferred an ethnically diverse group of friends. Contains 26…

Examines psychological and social difficulties confronting gifted Black students. Describes racial identity development theory, including the significance of culture on achievement and psychological well-being. Makes recommendations for counselors who wish to work with gifted Black students. (Author/ABL)

Identity theory is used to organize data gathered from semistructured interviews with parole violators at large (N=25). A typology of absconders bridging clinical and actuarial prediction strategies is proposed. Situational constraints are explored; typical behavior patterns and experiences of parolees are described. Policy implications are…

Argues that Marxism is as much an ethical position that resists the foreclosure of identity as it is a political position. Claims a Marxist standpoint could facilitate the political and ethical accountability that the current politicized composition pedagogies seek while also constructing the classroom as a site for active participation in the…

Examines the relationship between identity and anonymity in use of computer-based group decision support systems (GDSS). Finds that identification with all targets was lower in GDSS meetings than it was in general; and that discursively anonymous participants had less identification with their group and used fewer expressions of multiple…

Qualitative studies of young people's attitudes toward a unified Europe demonstrate the conceptual complexity of national or European identity and highlight epistemological and methodological problems of attitude research. Dutch adolescents' writings and discussions show that children can reflect on stereotyping mechanisms and that real or…

Asks a spate of questions about the nature of research and boundaries of identification. Points to numerous ambiguities inherent in the research prescriptions of critical postmodernism writers. Suggests the miasma that the many implications of postmodernist injunctions about identity and representation can become. (DSK)

Describes several ways in which to incorporate knowledge and awareness of multicultural issues into the drama curriculum. Notes the importance of: choice of script, social drama, and stories of the past. Discusses how inclusion of multicultural materials can create more positive attitude toward other cultures. Presents an annotated 22-item…

A study investigated the presence of three types of deaf identities (culturally deaf, culturally hearing, and bicultural) in 267 adults who are deaf. A subset of 56 people were interviewed. Qualified support was found for the prediction that people with culturally deaf and bicultural identities would have higher self-esteem. (Contains references.)…

Examines means of human connection from a career development perceptive: attachment, eye-to-eye validation, identification, mutuality, embeddedness, boundedness, and tending. Discusses how relational experiences foster, circumscribe, and guide explorational experiences.(Contains 54 references.) (SK)

Interviews with 46 adults with deafness or hearing impairments found that three discursive positions were evident in relation to deafness (disability, logistic complexity, and community/culture). Life stories produced in the interviews entailed variations on the theme of fragmentation: the losing, missing, and finding of viable life circumstances.…

Reports on exploratory study that used individual interviews and a focus group to investigate how women in Black-White heterosexual relationships describe their racial identity development over the course of the relationship. Participants described a process of restorying constraining narratives of racial identity into empowering racial identities…

Tests the application of empowerment theory with a sample of 73 Latino undergraduate students. Results from an experiment focusing on ethnic identity and consciousness suggest a direct effect of ethnic consciousness on the cognitive aspects of political empowerment but not its behavioral aspects. (JPS)

Seeks to review varied meanings regression has held within psychoanalytic and developmental literatures; focus on the forms, frequencies, and functions of regression when examining data from two structural developmental models addressing dimensions of normative adolescent identity development; and consider precipitants for different forms of…