title: The Racial and Ethnic Identity Formation Process of Second-Generation Asian Indian Americans: A Phenomenological Study.
abstract: This phenomenological study elucidates the identity development processes of 12 second-generation adult Asian Indian Americans. The results identify salient sociocultural factors and multidimensional processes of racial and ethnic identity development. Discrimination, parental, and community factors seemed to play a salient role in influencing participants' racial and ethnic identity development. The emergent Asian Indian American racial and ethnic identity model provides a contextualized overview of key developmental periods and turning points within the process of identity development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park.
authors.forename: Derek Kenji
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Iwamoto
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore.
authors.forename: Nalini Junko
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Negi
authors.affiliation: Wright Institute, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: Rachel Negar
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Partiali
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Creswell
keywords: Asian Indian; qualitative; racial identity development