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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 10.
Published in final edited form as: Identity (Mahwah, N J). 2016 Jul 19;16(3):127–141. doi: 10.1080/15283488.2016.1190724

Table 2.

Multivariate analysis of variance of ethnic identity and American identity scores by ethnic groups.

Jewish Americans M (SD) African Americans M (SD) Asian Americans M (SD) White Americans M (SD) Hispanic Americans M (SD) F(df) η2
EI affirmation 27.81 (0.41) 29.06 (0.27)a 26.31 (0.23)a 26.23 (0.09)a 27.07 (0.21) 28.31 (4, 6913)** .02
EI search 17.21 (0.30) 17.99 (0.20)a 16.44 (0.17)a 15.15 (0.07)a 15.62 (0.15)a 60.17 (4, 6913)** .03
EI total 45.08 (0.65) 47.05 (0.44)a 42.74 (0.37)a 41.38 (0.15)a 42.69 (0.33)a 44.83 (4, 6913) ** .03
EIS exploration 18.20 (0.34) 20.02 (0.23)a 18.93 (0.20) 16.26 (0.08)a 18.54 (0.18) 109.74 (4, 6913)** .06
EIS affirmation 22.21 (0.19) 21.94 (0.13) 21.53 (0.11)a 22.54 (0.04) 22.34 (0.10) 20.65 (4, 6913)** .01
EIS resolution 10.79 (0.22) 11.83 (0.15)a 11.20 (0.12) 10.54 (0.05) 11.61 (0.11)a 34.95 (4, 6913)** .02
AI affirmation 28.87 (0.35) 28.36 (0.24) 27.13 (0.20)a 29.82 (0.08)a 29.10 (0.18) 44.00 (4, 6913)** .03
AI search 18.80 (0.26) 17.77 (0.17)a 17.01 (0.13)a 18.63 (0.06) 17.63 (0.13)a 37.14 (4, 6913)** .02
AI total 47.66 (0.55) 46.12 (0.37)a 44.14 (0.31)a 48.45 (0.13) 46.73 (0.28) 48.66 (4, 6913)** .03

Note. Variables sharing subscripts indicate significant differences in simple pairwise contrasts with Jewish Americans as the referent group. EI = ethnic identity; EIS = ethnic identity scale; AI = American identity.

**

p < .01.