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“She Called Me A Mexican!”: A Study Of Ethnic Identity, Simona Florentina Boroianu
“She Called Me A Mexican!”: A Study Of Ethnic Identity, Simona Florentina Boroianu
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Ethnic identity is a dynamic construct whose conceptualization has raised ongoing controversy among researchers. It has been suggested that ethnic identity includes several components that can be examined individually or in combination.
The purpose of this paper is to study ethnic identity in Mexican-origin children, as one of the multifaceted aspects of the adaptation process that immigrant children experience in their transition to becoming a part of the United States' mainstream culture.
No formal assessment of ethnic identity in Mexican-origin children in Iowa has been conducted yet, therefore this study is meant to fill a gap and bring in knowledge …