Profiles of identity centrality and psychological adjustment among Hispanic/Latine sexual minoritized emerging adults.
- 1Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Abstract
The present study examined how profiles of personal and social (i.e., religious, sexual orientation, U.S., ethnic-racial) identity centrality were related to psychological adjustment among Hispanic/Latine sexual minoritized emerging adult (SMEA) college students (N = 229, Mage = 19.29, SD = 1.55, 74.7% female; 48.5% bisexual). Using latent profile analysis, three distinct profiles emerged: institutionally disengaged (43.4%), characterized by low religious and ethnic-racial identity centrality; fully engaged identity (42.5%) marked by high centrality across all domains; and deindividuated assimilated (14.0%), characterized by high U.S. and religious centrality, and low personal and ethnic-racial centrality. Profiles differed in adjustment, with the fully engaged identity profile exhibiting the highest psychological well-being and lower depressive symptoms compared to institutionally disengaged. Deindividuated assimilated reported the lowest psychological well-being. Findings underscore meaningful heterogeneity in how multiple identities are organized among Hispanic/Latine SMEA and suggest that multidomain identity engagement may be linked to better adjustment, helping to inform culturally responsive prevention and intervention efforts.
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BibTeX
@article{cruz2026profiles,
title = {{Profiles of identity centrality and psychological adjustment among Hispanic/Latine sexual minoritized emerging adults.}},
author = {Bethany Cruz and Alan Meca and Julian D Peña and Alexandra Graelles and Shelby B Scott},
journal = {Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.1111/jora.70306},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42952113},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Profiles of identity centrality and psychological adjustment among Hispanic/Latine sexual minoritized emerging adults.
AU - Bethany Cruz
AU - Alan Meca
AU - Julian D Peña
AU - Alexandra Graelles
AU - Shelby B Scott
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/28
JO - Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence
DO - 10.1111/jora.70306
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42952113
AB - The present study examined how profiles of personal and social (i.e., religious, sexual orientation, U.S., ethnic-racial) identity centrality were related to psychological adjustment among Hispanic/Latine sexual minoritized emerging adult (SMEA) college students (N = 229, Mage = 19.29, SD = 1.55, 74.7% female; 48.5% bisexual). Using latent profile analysis, three distinct profiles emerged: institutionally disengaged (43.4%), characterized by low religious and ethnic-racial identity centrality; fully engaged identity (42.5%) marked by high centrality across all domains; and deindividuated assimilated (14.0%), characterized by high U.S. and religious centrality, and low personal and ethnic-racial centrality. Profiles differed in adjustment, with the fully engaged identity profile exhibiting the highest psychological well-being and lower depressive symptoms compared to institutionally disengaged. Deindividuated assimilated reported the lowest psychological well-being. Findings underscore meaningful heterogeneity in how multiple identities are organized among Hispanic/Latine SMEA and suggest that multidomain identity engagement may be linked to better adjustment, helping to inform culturally responsive prevention and intervention efforts.
SN - 1050-8392
SN - 1532-7795
ER -