Dr. Alan Meca and the Tardis Lab are thrilled to announce our manuscript, which examined the directionality between Ethnic Identity and  discrimination and their effects on psychosocial functioning with Hispanic youth, has now been published in Developmental Psychology!

Results supported a bidrectional relationship between ethnic identity and discrimination. Whereas discrimination predicted subsequent ethnic identity exploration, consistent with the rejection-identification hypothesis, higher ethnic identity belonging predicted subsequent discrimination. Findings also indicated important unique effects between these processes and symptoms of depression and alcohol and cigarette use.

Would not have been possible without the contributions made by Mindy Gonzales-Backen, Rachel Davis, Julie Rodil, Daniel Soto, and Jennifer Unger-Hamilton!

A copy of the article can be found ResearchGate:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339040521_Discrimination_and_Ethnic_Identity_Establishing_Directionality_among_Latinoa_Youth