Immigrant Youths Explore Identity In High School

Research conducted among 380 high school students from Asian and Latin American immigrant families revealed that many adolescents change the labels used to describe themselves from year to year. Teens that grew up in immigrant families largely chose hyphenated labels (e.g. Mexican-American). First-generation teens (born outside of the US) more often chose a national origin label (e.g. Chinese). The findings underscore that adolescence is a time of changing identification with American society for immigrant teens.

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