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Racial Identity From Adolescence to Young Adulthood: Does Prior Neighborhood Experience Matter?
Author(s) -
RivasDrake Deborah,
Witherspoon Dawn
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/cdev.12095
Subject(s) - psychology , centrality , developmental psychology , adolescent development , set (abstract data type) , identity (music) , young adult , racial differences , social psychology , ethnic group , physics , mathematics , combinatorics , computer science , acoustics , programming language , sociology , anthropology
This study examined the influence of earlier neighborhood experiences on trajectories of racial centrality and regard among B lack youth. Data were drawn from a sample of Black 11‐ to 14‐year‐old youth ( N = 718) in the M aryland A dolescent D evelopment in C ontext S tudy, a data set that permits the examination of structural and subjective neighborhood influences. Results suggest that centrality increases, whereas public regard remains relatively stable, across the transition to adulthood. Seventh graders who resided in neighborhoods in which adults were less willing to intervene or respond to problematic situations reported lower public regard in 11th grade. In addition, the trajectory of private regard varied according to the types of neighborhoods youth experienced in early adolescence.