Effects of Receiving Genetic Ancestry Results on Emerging Adults’ Ethnic-Racial Identity Affirmation

Chelsea D. Williams; Tricia Smith; Amy Adkins; Chloe J. Walker; Arlenis Santana; Fantasy T. Lozada; Jinni Su; Danielle M. Dick

doi:10.1177/21676968211020880

Effects of Receiving Genetic Ancestry Results on Emerging Adults’ Ethnic-Racial Identity Affirmation

Chelsea D. Williams, Tricia Smith, Amy Adkins, Chloe J. Walker, Arlenis Santana, Fantasy T. Lozada, Jinni Su, Danielle M. Dick

Psychology

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Abstract

Ethnic-racial identity (ERI) is associated with adaptive outcomes in emerging adulthood, but more research is needed on factors that may inform ERI, such as receiving one’s genetic ancestry results. The current study examined changes in ERI using a pre-test post-test design in which 116 emerging adults 18–25 years were randomly assigned to either receiving their genetic ancestry results before the post-test (the testing condition) or after post-test (the control condition). We also tested whether ethnicity/race and gender moderated these associations. Findings indicated that male students of color (SOC) in the testing condition experienced an increase in ERI affirmation from pre-test to post-test, and male SOC in the control condition experienced a decrease in ERI affirmation from pre-test to post-test. There were no significant differences in ERI affirmation change between students in the testing condition and control condition for female SOC, White males, or White females.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	422-428
Number of pages	7
Journal	Emerging Adulthood
Volume	9
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968211020880
State	Published - Aug 2021

Keywords

23andMe
ancestry DNA
ethnic/racial/ethnic-racial identity
intersectionality
personalized genetic test

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Life-span and Life-course Studies

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Effects of Receiving Genetic Ancestry Results on Emerging Adults’ Ethnic-Racial Identity Affirmation

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