@article{3df72caf033d484bbf06a20f339250f5,
title = "Effects of Receiving Genetic Ancestry Results on Emerging Adults{\textquoteright} Ethnic-Racial Identity Affirmation",
abstract = "Ethnic-racial identity (ERI) is associated with adaptive outcomes in emerging adulthood, but more research is needed on factors that may inform ERI, such as receiving one{\textquoteright}s genetic ancestry results. The current study examined changes in ERI using a pre-test post-test design in which 116 emerging adults 18–25 years were randomly assigned to either receiving their genetic ancestry results before the post-test (the testing condition) or after post-test (the control condition). We also tested whether ethnicity/race and gender moderated these associations. Findings indicated that male students of color (SOC) in the testing condition experienced an increase in ERI affirmation from pre-test to post-test, and male SOC in the control condition experienced a decrease in ERI affirmation from pre-test to post-test. There were no significant differences in ERI affirmation change between students in the testing condition and control condition for female SOC, White males, or White females.",
keywords = "23andMe, ancestry DNA, ethnic/racial/ethnic-racial identity, intersectionality, personalized genetic test",
author = "Williams, \{Chelsea D.\} and Tricia Smith and Amy Adkins and Walker, \{Chloe J.\} and Arlenis Santana and Lozada, \{Fantasy T.\} and Jinni Su and Dick, \{Danielle M.\}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported in part by 23andMe, Inc. Chelsea D. Williams efforts on this article were partially supported by Virginia Commonwealth University{\textquoteright}s Institute for Inclusion, Inquiry \& Innovation (iCubed). Danielle M. Dick is funded by K02 AA018755. Study data were collected using REDCap electronic data capture tools, which is a secure, web-based software platform designed to support data capture for research studies (Award Number UL1TR002649 from the NCRR). We would like to thank the employees of 23andMe and research participants for making this work possible. Funding Information: The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported in part by 23andMe, Inc. Chelsea D. Williams efforts on this article were partially supported by Virginia Commonwealth University?s Institute for Inclusion, Inquiry \& Innovation (iCubed). Danielle M. Dick is funded by K02 AA018755. Study data were collected using REDCap electronic data capture tools, which is a secure, web-based software platform designed to support data capture for research studies (Award Number UL1TR002649 from the NCRR). We would like to thank the employees of 23andMe and research participants for making this work possible. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood and SAGE Publishing.",
year = "2021",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1177/21676968211020880",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "9",
pages = "422--428",
journal = "Emerging Adulthood",
issn = "2167-6968",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Ltd",
number = "4",
}