Ethnic Identity Profiles Among Adolescents in the ABCD Study: Associations with Resting State Functional Connectivity and Perceived Discrimination

Key Points

• Findings show heightened connectivity in the cingulo-parietal network among adolescents with diffuse ethnic identities, suggesting potential neural correlates of ethnic identity.
• Results indicate that perceived discrimination moderates the relationship between ethnic identity and cingulo-parietal connectivity, particularly for moderately achieved identities.
• Latent profile analysis was used to identify and categorize ethnic identity profiles among ABCD Study participants, linking identity profiles to neurobiological measures.
• Implications include the need for further examination of how ethnic identity impacts psychological resilience and neurobiological functioning among adolescents.