Family cultural socialization in childhood: Navigating ethnic/racial diversity and numeric marginalization in school and neighborhood settings.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study investigated the role of ethnic/racial composition in schools and neighborhoods in (a) predicting family cultural socialization and (b) moderating the relation between family cultural socialization and young children's social competence over time.

Method

Two nationally representative, longitudinal samples were used from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 and 2010-11 cohorts. The analytic sample included 11,870 ethnic/racial minority children (mean age was 5.66 years old at Wave 1; 50% female; 31% Black, 49% Latinx, 18% Asian American, 2% Native American).

Results

Path analyses showed that families practiced more cultural socialization in more diverse schools and neighborhoods. Moreover, family cultural socializa

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8441026 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature