Abstract
Parents and adolescents often have different views regarding parental racial socialization practices; however, studies documenting such discrepancies remain scarce. Using a person-centered approach, this study investigated patterns of parent–adolescent discrepant views on racial socialization (i.e., cultural socialization, bias coping, bias awareness) as well as antecedents and consequences of the discrepancy profiles. Participants were 604 adolescents (54% female, Mage= 12.41, Rangeage = 11–15) and their mothers and fathers. The results showed distinct discrepancy patterns and suggested that more maternal/paternal warmth was associated with profiles that have smaller discrepancies or profiles in which adolescents reported higher socialization than parents. Adolescents who reported higher or similar socialization as parents demonstrated better adjustment. Implications for interventions aimed at strengthening parent–child relationships and communication about race and culture are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2412-2426 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal of Youth and Adolescence |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
Funding
Support for this research was provided through awards to Su Yeong Kim from (1) National Science Foundation, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, 1651128 and 0956123, (2) National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities 1R21MD012706-01A1 and 3R21MD-012706-02S1, (3) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development 5R03HD060045-02, (4) Russell Sage Foundation, 2699, (5) Spencer Foundation, 10023427, (6) Hogg Foundation for Mental Health JRG-102, (7) Office of the Vice President for Research and Creative Grant and Special Research Grant from the University of Texas at Austin, (8) College of Natural Sciences Catalyst Grant from the University of Texas at Austin, and (9) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development 2P2CHD042849-19 grant awarded to the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin. These funding sources had no role other than financial support.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Energy Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Project Oak Ridge National Laboratory Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment National Science Foundation National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center National Natural Science Foundation of China | |
| Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences | 0956123, 1651128 |
| Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences | |
| Russell Sage Foundation | |
| Spencer Foundation | 10023427 |
| Spencer Foundation | |
| Hogg Foundation for Mental Health | JRG-102 |
| Hogg Foundation for Mental Health | |
| National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) | 3R21MD-012706-02S1 |
| National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) | |
| University of Texas at Austin | 2P2CHD042849-19 |
| University of Texas at Austin | |
| Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development | 5R03HD060045-02 |
| Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development |
Keywords
- Adolescent well-being
- Discrepancy between parent and adolescents
- Mexican-origin families
- Parental racial socialization
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
- Education
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)