TY - JOUR A1 - Syed, Moin A1 - Juang, Linda P. A1 - Svensson, Ylva T1 - Toward a new understanding of ethnic-racial settings for ethnic-racial identity development JF - Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence N2 - The purpose of this conceptual article is to advance theory and research on one critical aspect of the context of ethnic–racial identity (ERI) development: ethnic–racial settings, or the objective and subjective nature of group representation within an individual's context. We present a new conceptual framework that consists of four dimensions: (1) perspective (that settings can be understood in both objective and subjective terms); (2) differentiation (how groups are defined in a setting); (3) heterogeneity (the range of groups in a setting); and (4) proximity (the distance between the individual and the setting). Clarifying this complexity is crucial for advancing a more coherent understanding of how ethnic–racial settings are related to ERI development. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12387 SN - 1050-8392 SN - 1532-7795 VL - 28 IS - 2 SP - 262 EP - 276 PB - Wiley CY - Hoboken ER -