Graduation Year

2026

Document Type

Open Access Senior Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Department

Psychology

Reader 1

Heejung Park

Reader 2

Stacey Wood

Abstract

The rapid increase of interracial and interethnic families globally creates a need for researchers to understand the unique experiences and development of multi-ethnic youths’ sense of identity and purpose as they relate to well-being. Emerging research in Asian American psychology also suggests the urgency and need to reexamine the experiences of individual ethnic groups. The current study will examine the moderating role of ethnic identity in Asian American multi-ethnic youths’ sense of purpose and life satisfaction through a mixed methods approach that includes an online survey followed by an interview for a subgroup of participants. Anticipated results will show how ethnic identity moderates the relationship between purpose and life satisfaction in Asian American multi-ethnic youth, such that when youth have a high sense of ethnic identity and a high sense of purpose, they will have the highest life satisfaction compared to any other combinations of levels in ethnic identity and purpose. The qualitative data analysis will allow researchers to have deeper insight into the youths’ thoughts and feelings regarding their ethnic identity, which will have implications for future directions of research and interventions that promote Asian American multi-ethnic youths’ sense of well-being in society.

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