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’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.

民族-种族认同 (ERI) 与新兴成年期的适应性结果相关，但需要对可能影响 ERI 的因素进行更多研究，例如接受一个人的遗传血统结果。当前的研究使用前测后测设计检查了 ERI 的变化，其中 116 名 18-25 岁的新兴成年人被随机分配到在后测（测试条件）之前或后测试后接收他们的遗传祖先结果（控制条件）。我们还测试了种族/种族和性别是否调节了这些关联。结果表明，在测试条件下，有色人种男生 (SOC) 从前测到后测的 ERI 肯定增加，而对照条件下的男性 SOC 从前测到后测，ERI 肯定减少.