Psychological Well-Being in Development: Interdisciplinary Analysis of Race, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status

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Abstract

This paper provides an interdisciplinary analysis of characteristic effects on adolescent psychological well-being. The author hypothesizes that youth whom identity with multiple social status characteristics that have been historically disenfranchised, continue to experience disadvantages across these statuses. Prior research suggests that frameworks such as stress-based theories and social evaluation theories provide insight into the implications of social status characteristics. Data was collected from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth (NLSY), by the Center for Human Resource Research at The Ohio State University. The sample for this study consisted of 1136 youth from three racial/ethic groups. A quantitative methodological approach known as latent growth curve models was incorporated to analyze the data using SEM (Structural Equation Modeling).

Authors

• Francis Patrick Ellis, University of Rochester

• Hoang Pham, University of Rochester