Jean S. Phinney Professor of Psychology Office: KH C3061 Phone: (323) 343-2261 FAX: (323) 343-2281 Email: jphinne@calstatela.edu

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Introduction

I am a professor of psychology, teaching mainly in the areas of development, research methods, and ethnic issues in psychology. I have been at CSULA since 1977.

Teaching Interests

My current teaching includes a graduate seminar on developmental psychology, an upper division class on adolescence, a research methods class, and a new course which I developed on multicultural psychology. The latter course focuses on ethnic group differences, the minority experience, acculturation, and intergroup relations.

Research Interests

My research over the past ten years has been centered on the study of ethnic minority adolescents and young adults, with a particular focus on ethnic identity and its role in psychological well-being. Additional areas of interest are differences in identity formation across diverse ethnic and cultural groups. We are currently investigating cultural factors in the adjustment of ethnic minority youth who are the first generation in their family to attend college.

Representative Professional Activities

In a research program supported by the National Institutes of Health, we have developed a measure of ethnic identity, the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure, that can be used with participants from any ethnic group, from junior high school through adulthood (see Phinney, 1992, below). A copy of the measure is available by "clicking" on the link above. The measure is available for research purposes; we only ask that you send a copy of any reports or papers that result from research using the measure to: Dr. Jean Phinney, Department of Psychology, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90032-8227. We have also developed interviews to explore ethnic identity development and bicultural identity; these are available on request.

Date	Publications/Presentations
2003	Phinney, J. Ethnic Identity and Acculturation. In K. Chun, P. Ball, & Marin, G. (Eds.), Acculturation: Advances in theory, measurement, and applied research (pp. 63-81) Washington, DC: American Psychological Association
2002	Phinney J., & Ong, A. Adolescent-parent disagreements and life satisfaction in families from Vietnamese and European American backgrounds. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 26, 556-561.
2002	Phinney, J. & Flores, J. "Unpackaging acculturation": Aspects of acculturation as predictors of traditional sex role attitudes. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 33, 319-330
2001	Phinney, J., Romero, I., Nava, M., & Huang, D. The role of language, parents, and peers in ethnic identity among adolescents in immigrant families. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 30, 135-153.
2001	Phinney, J., Horenczyk, G., Liebkind, K., & Vedder, P. Ethnic identity, immigration, and well-being: An interactional perspective. Journal of Social Issues, 57, 493-510.
2000	Phinney, J., Madden, T., & Ong, A. Cultural values and intergenerational value discrepancies in immigrant and non-immigrant families. Child Development, 71, 528-539.
2000	Phinney, J. Identity formation across cultures: The interaction of personal, societal, and historical change. Human Development, 43, 27-31.
2000	Phinney, J. Ethnic identity. In A. Kazdin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Psychology (Vol. 3, pp. 255-259). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association
1998	Phinney, J., & Landin, J. Research paradigms for studying ethnic minority families within and across groups. In V. Mcloyd & L. Steinberg (Eds.), Conceptual and methodological issues in the study of minority adolescents and their families. (pp. 89-109) Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
1998	Phinney, J., Madden, T., & Santos, L. Psychological variables as predictors of perceived discrimination among minority and immigrant adolescents. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 28, 937-953.
1997	Phinney, J., Ferguson, D., & Tate, J. Intergroup attitudes among ethnic minority adolescents: A causal model.Child Development, 68, 955-969
1997	Phinney, J., & Devich-Navarro, M. Variations in bicultural identification among African American and Mexican American adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 7, 3-32.
1996	Phinney, J. When we talk about american ethnic groups, what do we mean? American Psychologist, 51, 918-927
1996	Phinney, J., & Alipuria, L. At the interface of cultures: Multi-ethnic/multiracial high school and college students. Journal of Social Psychology, 136, 139-158.
1995	Phinney, J., & Chavira V. Parental ethnic socialization and adolescent outcomes in ethnic minority families. Journal of Research on Adolescents, 5, 13-53.
1995	Phinney, J. Ethnic identity and self-esteem: A review and integration.In A. Padilla (Ed.) Hispanic Psychology: Critical Issues in Theory and Research, pp. 57-70. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
1992	Phinney, J. The Multi-group Ethnic Identity Measure: A new scale for use with adolescents and you adults from diverse groups. Journal of Adolescent Research, 7, 156-176.
1990	Phinney, J. Ethnic identity in adolescents and adults: A review of research. Psychological Bulletin, 108, 499-514.

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