Ethnic identity in immigrant adolescents: Continuity vs. Discontinuity Cover Image

Identitatea etnică la adolescenții imigranți: continuitate vs discontinuitate
Ethnic identity in immigrant adolescents: Continuity vs. Discontinuity

Author(s): Tatiana Roșca, Irina Caunenco
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology, Personality Psychology, Psychology of Self
Published by: Universitatea Liberă Internațională din Moldova
Keywords: ethnic identity; adolescent; identity strategy; host country; ethnic group;

Summary/Abstract: The article represents a theoretical analysis of the ethno-cultural identity ofimmigrant adolescents, for whom the choice of ethnicity is rather a delicate problem, being in thesituation of choosing the majority or native identity, transmitted by the family of origin. It highlightsthe strategies of ethnic identity: linear assimilation, recreated identity, marginalization, doubleidentity, the advantages and disadvantages of these strategies

  • Issue Year: 2/2019
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 214-220
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Romanian