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Racial/ethnic socialization and identity development in Black families: the role of parent and youth reports.
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Developmental psychology [Dev Psychol] 2014 Jul; Vol. 50 (7), pp. 1897-909. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 May 05. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Racial/ethnic (R/E) socialization is widely practiced in R/E minority families. However, only recently have models been developed to understand how parents' R/E socialization messages influence adolescent development. The primary goal of the present study was to clarify and extend existing work on R/E socialization in African American (Black) families by distinguishing between parent and youth reports of parents' R/E socialization messages and examining the extent to which adolescents and their parents agree about these socialization messages. In addition, we tested a theoretical model in which parent-reported R/E socialization messages have an indirect effect on the development of youth R/E identity through youth reports of their parents' R/E socialization messages. Using a combination of open- and close-ended data from a longitudinal study of self-identified Black adolescents and their parents, we found statistically significant parent-youth agreement about whether parents send both general R/E socialization messages and, for daughters, specific R/E socialization messages. R/E socialization messages focused on promoting cultural pride and history were associated positively with R/E identity development, whereas messages focused on preparing youth for discrimination tended to be unrelated to R/E identity development. The results largely supported the hypothesis that parent reports of parents' R/E socialization messages are related indirectly to the development of adolescent R/E identity via youth reports of parents' R/E socialization messages.<br /> ((PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved).)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1939-0599
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Developmental psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24798504
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036800