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Title: More Than Identity: An Intersectional Approach to Understanding Mental-Emotional Well-Being of Emerging Adults by Centering Lived Experiences of Marginalization

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2023

ISSN: 0002-9262

DOI: 10.1093/AJE/KWAD152

Abstract: <p>Understanding social determinants that shape pertinent developmental shifts during emerging adulthood (i.e., those aged 18-25) and their associations with psychological health requires a nuanced approach. In our exploratory study, we investigated how multiple social identities and lived experiences generated by systems of marginalization and power (e.g., racism, classism, sexism) intersect in connection to the mental-emotional well-being of emerging adults (EAs). EAT-2018 (Eating and Activity over Time) data were collected from 1,568 EAs (mean age = 22.2±2.0 years) recruited initially in 2010 from Minneapolis/St Paul schools. Conditional inference tree (CIT) analyses were employed to treat ‘social location’ and systems of marginalization and power as interdependent social factors influencing EAs’ mental-emotional well-being outcomes: depressive symptoms, stress, self-esteem, and self-compassion. CITs identified EAs subgroups with differing mean levels of mental-emotional well-being outcomes, distinguished primarily by marginalized social experiences (e.g., discrimination, financial difficulties) rather than social identities themselves. The relative positioning of EAs’ experiences of social marginalization (e.g., discrimination) to their social identities (e.g., race/ethnicity) suggests the social experiences generated by systems of privilege and oppression (e.g., racism) are more adjacent social determinants of mental-emotional well-being than the social identities used in public health research to proxy the oppressive systems that give them social meaning.</p>

Url: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwad152

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Authors: Slaughter-Acey, Jaime; Simone, Melissa; Hazzard, Vivienne M; Arlinghaus, Katherine R; Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne

Periodical (Full): American Journal of Epidemiology

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