ReviewCultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology2014
How have researchers studied multiracial populations? A content and methodological review of 20 years of research.
Review in Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
38 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Alcohol use in multiracial American youth compared with monoracial youth: A meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2024Pooled it
- Making sense of conflicting messages of multiracial identity: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- "We adjusted for race": now what? A systematic review of utilization and reporting of race in American Journal of Epidemiology and Epidemiology, 2020-2021.Epidemiologic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Multiracial individuals' perspectives on participating in genetics research.Journal of community genetics · 2026Article
- Nonrandom Missingness in Child Race and Ethnicity Records and the US Federal Data Standards: Pooled Analysis of Community-Based Child Health Studies.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Article
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- Predictors of Biracial adolescent racial self-categorization when confronted with monoracist demographic forms.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2025Article
- "White" as a racial category: perceptions of mistreatment, and health.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- A hypothetical intervention to reduce inequities in anxiety for Multiracial people: simulating an intervention on childhood adversity.American journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
- Examining identity disclosure: Racial and ethnic identity amongst Multiracial/ethnic adults in the United States.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Article
- Racial discrimination and substance use among people of color.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2024Article
- Asking MultiCrit Questions: A Reflexive and Critical Framework to Promote Health Data Equity for the Multiracial Population.The Milbank quarterly · 2024Article
- Temporal Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence Among Asian American Subgroups.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Article
- Enhancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Quantitative Studies of Age and Life Course.The Gerontologist · 2024Article
- Exploring Monoracial/Ethnic and Multiracial/Ethnic Classification in the Context of Mental Health Among High School Students.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2024Article
- Racial differences in associations between adverse childhood experiences and physical, mental, and behavioral health.SSM - population health · 2023Article
- Enhancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Quantitative Studies of Age and Life Course.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2023Article
- Enhancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Quantitative Studies of Age and Life Course.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2023Article
- Mental health and Multiracial/ethnic adults in the United States: a mixed methods participatory action investigation.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Enhancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Quantitative Studies of Age and Life Course.Innovation in aging · 2023Article
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Abstract
The U.S. Census shows that the racial-ethnic makeup of over 9 million people (2.9% of the total population) who self-identified as multiracial is extremely diverse. Each multiracial subgroup has unique social and political histories that may lead to distinct societal perceptions, economic situations, and health outcomes. Despite the increasing academic and media interest in multiracial individuals, there are methodological and definitional challenges in studying the population, resulting in conflicting representations in the literature. This content and methods review of articles on multiracial populations provides a comprehensive understanding of which multiracial populations have been included in research and how they have been studied, both to recognize emerging research and to identify gaps for guiding future research on this complex but increasingly visible population. We examine 125 U.S.-based peer-reviewed journal articles published over the past 20 years (1990 to 2009) containing 133 separate studies focused on multiracial individuals, primarily from the fields of psychology, sociology, social work, education, and public health. Findings include (a) descriptive data regarding the sampling strategies, methodologies, and demographic characteristics of studies, including which multiracial subgroups are most studied, gender, age range, region of country, and socioeconomic status; (b) major thematic trends in research topics concerning multiracial populations; and (c) implications and recommendations for future studies.
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