Does Participation in Ethnic Cocurricular Activities Facilitate a Sense of Ethnic Awareness and Understanding? A Study of Asian Pacific American Undergraduates.

Inkelas, Karen Kurotsuchi

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ERIC Number: EJ743850

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Publication Date: 2004

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Does Participation in Ethnic Cocurricular Activities Facilitate a Sense of Ethnic Awareness and Understanding? A Study of Asian Pacific American Undergraduates

Inkelas, Karen Kurotsuchi

Journal of College Student Development, v45 n3 p285-302 May-Jun 2004

For this study, I examined the relationship between participation in ethnic clubs and organizations and increases in racial/ethnic awareness and understanding for 184 male and female Asian Pacific American undergraduates using a longitudinal survey from 1990 to 1994. The results show that participation in such activities deepens APA students' commitment to their racial/ethnic community interests.

Descriptors: Student Participation, Ethnicity, Extracurricular Activities, Undergraduate Students, Ethnic Groups, Gender Differences, Asian Americans, Longitudinal Studies, Surveys, Pacific Americans, Cultural Awareness, Clubs

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Language: English

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