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Going Beyond Ethnoracial Discrimination and Social Support in Accounting for Psychological Adjustment: Evidence for the Importance of Hope as a Positive Psychological Construct in Multiethnoracial Adults
Journal of Positive Psychology
  • Edward C. Chang, University of Michigan
  • Olivia D. Chang, University of Michigan
  • Jerin Lee, University of Michigan
  • Abigael G. Lucas, University of Michigan
  • Minqi Li, Skidmore College
  • K. Malulani Castro, University of Maryland
  • Savannah Pham, Stanford University
  • Grace Y. Cho, Harvard University
  • Yena S. Purmasir, Lagone Medical Center
  • Elizabeth A. Yu, University of Michigan
  • Kaidi Wu, University of Michigan
  • Prscilla Lui, Southern Methodist University
  • David Rollock, Purdue University
  • Paul Kwon, Washington State University
  • Xinjie Chen, Stanford University
  • Jameson K. Hirsch, East Tennessee State University
  • Elizabeth L. Jeglic, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-29-2018
Description

In the present study, we examined the role of ethnoracial discrimination, social support (viz., family & friends), and hope (viz., agency & pathways) in accounting for negative psychological adjustment (viz., worry & depressive symptoms) and positive psychological adjustment (viz., vitality & life satisfaction) in a sample of 203 (164 females & 39 males) multiethnoracial adults. Results of conducting a series of hierarchical regression analyses indicated that beyond ethnoracial discrimination and social support, the inclusion of hope was found to augment the prediction model of psychological adjustment. Within the hope set, agency was found to be uniquely associated with adjustment. Pathways was found to be uniquely associated with positive indices of psychological adjustment. The present findings are the first to highlight the significance of hope in multiethnoracial adults. Some implications of the present findings for understanding psychological adjustment in multiethnoracial adults are discussed.

Citation Information
Edward C. Chang, Olivia D. Chang, Jerin Lee, Abigael G. Lucas, et al.. "Going Beyond Ethnoracial Discrimination and Social Support in Accounting for Psychological Adjustment: Evidence for the Importance of Hope as a Positive Psychological Construct in Multiethnoracial Adults" Journal of Positive Psychology (2018)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jameson-hirsch/146/