Life scripts dictate the culturally appropriate order, content, and timing of autobiographical events. In the current study, we examined the ethnic-racial life scripts of American emerging adults from three ethnic-racial backgrounds. One hundred ninety-five Asian, 165 Latinx, and 45 White undergraduates produced and rated seven life events they believed to be prototypical of their ethnic-racial group and self-reported desired and perceived script normality, ethnic-racial identity (ERI), and psychological health. The resulting life scripts differed in meaningful ways between the three ethnic-racial groups. Relations between script normality, ERI, and psychological health were similarly varied between groups. These findings provide a descriptive basis for understanding the normative expectations associated with certain ethnic-racial enclaves and how life scripts may vary across these and other such groups. Moreover, the manner in which these scripts are perceived may carry divergent implications for adjustment, across ethnic-racial groups.

生活剧本决定了自传事件在文化上适当的顺序，内容和时间安排。在当前的研究中，我们研究了来自三个种族背景的美国新兴成年人的种族生活脚本。一百九十五名亚洲人，165名拉丁裔和45名白人大学生制作并评定了七个生活事件，他们认为这是他们种族群体的原型，并自我报告了他们所期望和感知的剧本正常性，种族种族认同（ERI）和心理健康。这三个族裔群体之间产生的生活剧本在意义上有所不同。组之间脚本正常性，ERI和心理健康之间的关系也类似地变化。这些发现为理解与某些民族飞地相关的规范性期望以及这些人群和其他人群的生活脚本可能如何变化提供了描述性基础。此外，在不同种族之间，人们对这些文字的理解方式可能会产生不同的调整含义。