Author ORCID Identifier
Esther Burson: 0000-0001-9682-6349
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-3-2024
Publication Title
Research in Human Development
Abstract
We consider critical consciousness among sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth. Factor analytic and measurement invariance analyses were conducted across straight Black and Latinx youth (N = 254), SGM Black and Latinx youth (N = 111), and SGM white youth (N = 458). Factors of critical reflection and political efficacy emerged in all groups. Configural and partial metric invariance, but not scalar or residual invariance, were established. Correlations between political efficacy and wellbeing and grades replicated across groups. Critical reflection was associated with grades only for white youth, while critical action was associated with grades only for non-white youth. Implications for measurement and generalizable application of CC with an intersectional lens are discussed.
Volume
21
Issue
4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2024.2412426
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Rights
Licensed to Smith College and distributed CC-BY 4.0 under the Smith College Faculty Open Access Policy.
Version
Author's Accepted Manuscript
Recommended Citation
Burson, Esther; Godfrey, Erin B.; Ibrahim, Deanna A.; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Calzo, Jerel P.; and Poteat, V. Paul. (in press)."Queering Critical Consciousness: Measurement and Implications of Critical Consciousness Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth." Research in Human Development. (2024). Psychology: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA. https://scholarworks.smith.edu/psy_facpubs/225