Racial/ethnic socialization and identity development in Black families: the role of parent and youth reports.

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

SUBMITTER: Peck SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4091974 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature