%0 Journal Article
%T Psychological Traits Of Mixed-Ethnic Arab-European Adolescents In Israel
%A Abu-Rayya
%A Hisham Motkal
%J The Internet Journal of Mental Health
%D 2005
%I 
%X This study compared the psychological characteristics of 127 mixed-ethnic Arab-European adolescents and 196 mono-ethnic Arabs aged between 12 and 18 years who resided in Israel. Findings revealed significant differences in favor of the mono-ethnic participants in areas of self-esteem, quality of life, environmental mastery, and positive relations with others. In a similar pattern where higher scores are indicative of worse adjustment, mixed-ethnic adolescents, had significantly higher scores than their mono-ethnic counterparts on psycho-physiological symptoms, anxiety, and depression. In terms of Arab ethnic identification, differences between mixed- and mono-ethnic participants were found to be non-significant. At the ego identity level, the study's mixed-ethnic adolescents were significantly more often identified as 'diffused' subjects, and significantly less often identified as having attained an 'achieved' ego identity in comparison to their mono-ethnic Arab peers.
%K Mixed-ethnic adolescents
%K self-esteem
%K quality of life
%K anxiety
%K depression
%K ethnic identity
%K ego identity
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