Ethnic Validity: A Model for Families on Uncharted Seas |
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Authors: | Forrest B Tyler |
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Institution: | Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 |
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Abstract: | This paper provides an ethnic validity framework as a model for conceptualizing and understanding the lives of ethnic minority families and the individuals in them. It outlines the ecological context of minorities (nonculture-defining groups) in a culture defined and dominated by a culture-defining group majority. Cross-ethnic/racial and cross-cultural studies organized around themes of acculturation and psychosocial competence are cited to substantiate the utility of this model. Their findings also provide a basis for outlining individual, family, and societal intervention approaches which can facilitate each group’s ethnic validity and lead to a culturally diverse society which is more equitable for all of its members. |
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Keywords: | Ethnic validity Cross-cultural studies Acculturation Psychosocial competence |
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