1. The Negative Implications of a Fragmented Identity among Asian Adolescents Jason Luu

5. The endorsement of both heritage and mainstream cultures (Chen, Benet-Martinez, & Bond, 2008)

6. Relational influences of cultural identity

7. Parental ethnic socialization (Umaña-Taylor, Bhanot, & Shin, 2006)

9. Integrated Asian adolescents will report higher scores in measures of ethnic identity compared to fragmented Asians

11. 9th (42%) and 10th grade cohorts

12. 59% female

13. Wave 4: 115 Asian Americans

14. 12th (55%)

15. 70% female

16. Participants were recruited from high schools in Charlotte and Burke county

18. “There are many ways people think about themselves when they interact with different people. One way to think about these interactions is to imagine a puzzle in which each puzzle piece represents a piece of yourself while interacting with different people.”

19. Participants were asked to explain their responses after selecting the option that they felt best described themselves

20. Integrated: 61

21. Healthy Fragmented: 35

23. Positive and Negative Affect Scales (Mroczek & Kolarz, 1998)

24. Rosenberg’s Self Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965)

26. The Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity (Sellers, Rowley, Chavous, Shelton, & Smith, 1997)

27. Network of Relationships Inventory (Furman & Buhrmester, 1985)

29. Results Affect and Self Esteem †p<.1*p<.05**p<.01***p<.001

30. Results Ethnic Identity †p<.1*p<.05**p<.01***p<.001

31. Results Peer Relations †p<.1*p<.05**p<.01***p<.001

32. Results Parental Cohesion †p<.1*p<.05**p<.01***p<.001

34. “Sometimes I act different with other people but I'm still the same person” (Integrated)

35. “I act differently with different friends, but I always do what feels right for me” (HealthyFragmented)

36. Integrated individuals reported greater scores on ethnic identity measures than fragmented individuals

38. Examine longitudinal trajectories of integration/fragmentation orientations

39. Identify the predictors of integration/fragmentation orientations and their causal direction

40. Integrate the findings of an ongoing qualitative interview study

42. The RAs—Paula Aduen, Kandace Andrews, Melissa Bryson, Molly Champagne, Meaghan Gartner, Juan Pinzon, Felicia Poh, Hillary Scudder