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Processes Linking Social Class and Racial Socialization in African American Dual‐Earner Families
Author(s) -
Crouter Ann C.,
Baril Megan E.,
Davis Kelly D.,
McHale Susan M.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of marriage and family
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 159
eISSN - 1741-3737
pISSN - 0022-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00568.x
Subject(s) - socialization , psychology , association (psychology) , developmental psychology , self efficacy , social psychology , multilevel model , african american , social class , sociology , political science , ethnology , machine learning , computer science , law , psychotherapist
We examined the links between social class, occupational self‐direction, self‐efficacy, and racial socialization in a sample of 128 two‐parent African American couples raising adolescents. A series of multivariate, multilevel models revealed that mothers’ SES was connected to self‐efficacy via its association with occupational self‐direction; in turn, self‐efficacy partially explained the association between occupational self‐direction and racial socialization. The link between maternal self‐efficacy and racial socialization depended on whether or not children had experienced discrimination. For fathers, a strong link between SES and occupational self‐direction emerged, but significant associations were not found between occupational self‐direction and self‐efficacy, or self‐efficacy and racial socialization. The discussion focuses on mother‐father differences and the role of child effects in racial socialization.