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Racial/ethnic socialization and identity development in black families: The role of parent and youth reports
Peck, Stephen C. Brodish, Amanda B. Malanchuk, Oksana Banerjee, Meeta Eccles, Jacquelynne
Peck, Stephen C.
Brodish, Amanda B.
Malanchuk, Oksana
Banerjee, Meeta
Eccles, Jacquelynne
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.
Keywords
adolescence, parent socialization, racial/ethnic identity, racial/ethnic socialization, identity development
Date
2014
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Journal article
Journal
Developmental Psychology
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Volume
50
Issue
7
Page Range
1897-1909
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ACU Department
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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