title: Relationship between physical appearance, sense of belonging and exclusion, and racial/ethnic self-identification among multiracial Japanese European Americans.
abstract: In this study the authors explored the relation of physical appearance, perception of group belonging, and perception of group exclusion to racial/ethnic identity in multiracial Japanese European Americans. Results indicate that physical appearance and social variables of sense of belonging and exclusion related to one monoracial racial/ethnic group significantly predicted self-identity with the corresponding monoracial group. There was also a significant relationship between Japanese American identity and multiracial appearance and social variables. Feelings of exclusion were shown to be the primary influence on all three racial/ethnic identities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 02125-3393, USA.
authors.forename: Julie M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ahnallen
authors.forename: Karen L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Suyemoto
authors.forename: Alice S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Carter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian; D001828:Body Image; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005060:Europe / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007564:Japan / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012918:Social Alienation; D012933:Social Identification; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States