Examining changes in African American mothers' racial socialization patterns during adolescence: Racial discrimination as a predictor.

ABSTRACT: Racial socialization is a culturally relevant parenting strategy known to combat the detrimental consequences of racial discrimination for African American youth. Three limitations hinder our developmental understanding of the racial socialization process. Few studies have accounted for the combination of messages that primary caregivers convey, examined how these messages change over time, or investigated how caregivers and adolescents experiences with racial discrimination predict change in the combination of messages conveyed. Given that African American mothers are often the primary socializers in families, the current study used data from a community sample of 497 African American adolescents (52% Female; Time 1 M_age = 15.69; Time 2 M_age = 18.74) an

SUBMITTER: Saleem FT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7717590 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature