TY - JOUR
T1 - The Role of Racial Microaggressions and Ethnic Racial Identity Affirmation on Sense of Belonging Among Black and Latinx College Students
AU - Sarsar, Evelyn D.
AU - Zeiders, Katharine H.
AU - Landor, Antoinette M.
AU - Brown, Alaysia M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Work on this paper was supported, in part, by a University of Missouri Research Council Grant, URC-15-073 and the University of Arizona Francis McClelland Institute. We gratefully acknowledge participating young adults and the work of undergraduate and graduate students: Diedra Bibbs, Ruth Cardenas, Alexandra Davis, Asantewaa Darkwa, Kathleen Holloway, Jayley Janssen, Symone Lenoir, Maiya Smith, Carlton Slaughter, Kimberly Taylor and Kristen Turner.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood and SAGE Publishing.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Growing evidence suggests that racial microaggressions negatively impact psychological and physical well-being. However, despite this work, few studies have explored the role of racial microaggressions in college students’ sense of belonging and the protective role of emerging adults’ ethnic racial identity (ERI) affirmation. Utilizing a weekly diary design, the current study examined Black and Latinx emerging adults (N = 139, Mage = 20 years, SD = 1.16) experiences of racial microaggressions and their relation to belonging with peers, faculty, and administrators, and how ERI affirmation may mitigate the negative effects of these encounters. Results indicated that week-to-week fluctuations in racial microaggressions were negatively associated with belonging with peers, but not with faculty or administrators. ERI affirmation did not moderate weekly associations between racial microaggressions and sense of belonging. Findings highlight the salience of racial microaggressions on college campuses and the role they play in emerging adults’ sense of belonging.
AB - Growing evidence suggests that racial microaggressions negatively impact psychological and physical well-being. However, despite this work, few studies have explored the role of racial microaggressions in college students’ sense of belonging and the protective role of emerging adults’ ethnic racial identity (ERI) affirmation. Utilizing a weekly diary design, the current study examined Black and Latinx emerging adults (N = 139, Mage = 20 years, SD = 1.16) experiences of racial microaggressions and their relation to belonging with peers, faculty, and administrators, and how ERI affirmation may mitigate the negative effects of these encounters. Results indicated that week-to-week fluctuations in racial microaggressions were negatively associated with belonging with peers, but not with faculty or administrators. ERI affirmation did not moderate weekly associations between racial microaggressions and sense of belonging. Findings highlight the salience of racial microaggressions on college campuses and the role they play in emerging adults’ sense of belonging.
KW - belonging
KW - discrimination
KW - ethnic-racial identity
KW - racial microaggressions
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U2 - 10.1177/21676968231194378
DO - 10.1177/21676968231194378
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85168480308
SN - 2167-6968
JO - Emerging Adulthood
JF - Emerging Adulthood
ER -