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Houkamau, Carla; Milojev, Petar; Greaves, Lara; Dell, Kiri; Sibley, Chris G; Phinney, Jean

Indigenous ethnic identity, in-group warmth, and psychological wellbeing: A longitudinal study of Māori

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  • Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Indigenous ethnic identity, in-group warmth, and psychological wellbeing: A longitudinal study of Māori
  • Contributor: Houkamau, Carla; Milojev, Petar; Greaves, Lara; Dell, Kiri; Sibley, Chris G; Phinney, Jean
  • Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2023
  • Published in: Current Psychology, 42 (2023) 5, Seite 3542-3558
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1007/s12144-021-01636-4
  • ISSN: 1046-1310; 1936-4733
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  • Description: AbstractLongitudinal studies into the relationship between affect (positive or negative feelings) towards one’s own ethnic group and wellbeing are rare, particularly for Indigenous peoples. In this paper, we test the longitudinal effects of in-group warmth (a measure of ethnic identity affect) and ethnic identity centrality on three wellbeing measures for New Zealand Māori: life satisfaction (LS), self-esteem (SE), and personal wellbeing (PW). Longitudinal panel data collected from Māori (N = 3803) aged 18 or over throughout seven annual assessments (2009–2015) in the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study were analyzed using latent trajectory models with structured residuals to examine cross-lagged within-person effects. Higher in-group warmth towards Māori predicted increases in all three wellbeing measures, even more strongly than ethnic identity centrality. Bi-directionally, PW and SE predicted increased in-group warmth, and SE predicted ethnic identification. Further, in sample-level (between-person) trends, LS and PW rose, but ethnic identity centrality interestingly declined over time. This is the first large-scale longitudinal study showing a strong relationship between positive affect towards one’s Indigenous ethnic group and wellbeing. Efforts at cultural recovery and restoration have been a deliberate protective response to colonization, but among Māori, enculturation and access to traditional cultural knowledge varies widely. The data reported here underline the role of ethnic identity affect as an important dimension of wellbeing and call for continued research into the role of this dimension of ethnic identity for Indigenous peoples.