Dimensions of Belonging as an Aspect of Racial-Ethnic-Cultural Identity: An Exploration of Indigenous Australians

Dimensions of Belonging as an Aspect of Racial-Ethnic-Cultural Identity: An Exploration of Indigenous Australians

Sense of belonging is a key aspect of racial and ethnic identity. Interestingly, there is little exploration of the multiple characteristics of belongingness within the racial and ethnic identity literature. Through individual interviews and a focus group, we explored the sense of racial-ethnic-cult...

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Published in:Journal of counseling psychology Vol. 61; no. 3; pp. 414 - 426
Main Authors: Neville, Helen A., Oyama, Kathleen E., Odunewu, Latifat O., Huggins, Jackie G.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States American Psychological Association 01-07-2014
Subjects:
Aborigines
Adult
Aged
Australia
Belonging
Belongingness
Black People
Colonization
Counseling psychology
Cultural Identity
Culture
Dimensional analysis
Ethnic Groups - psychology
Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data
Ethnic Identity
Female
Focus Groups
Human
Humans
Interviews as Topic - methods
Male
Middle Aged
Native peoples
Oceanic Ancestry Group - psychology
Oceanic Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Perception
Racial and Ethnic Differences
Racial and Ethnic Groups
Racial differences
Racial Identity
Social Identification
Social Identity
Social psychology
Young Adult
Australia
belonging
Black
ethnic identity
racial identity
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Summary:Sense of belonging is a key aspect of racial and ethnic identity. Interestingly, there is little exploration of the multiple characteristics of belongingness within the racial and ethnic identity literature. Through individual interviews and a focus group, we explored the sense of racial-ethnic-cultural (REC) belonging among 19 self-identified Black Indigenous Australians (Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders). Using dimensional analysis, we uncovered 5 core interrelated dimensions of REC belonging: History/Memory, Place, and Peoplehood; Sense of Community; Acceptance and Pride; Shared Language and Culture; and Interconnections. We also uncovered 3 main barriers undermining participants' sense of REC belonging: phenotype, social identity, and history of colonization.
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ISSN:0022-0167
1939-2168
DOI:10.1037/a0037115