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 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood and SAGE Publishing.
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
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
VL - 11
SP - 1394
EP - 1408
JO - Emerging Adulthood
JF - Emerging Adulthood
IS - 6
ER -