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The Importance of Racial Socialization: School‐Based Racial Discrimination and Racial Identity Among African American Adolescent Boys and Girls
Author(s) -
ButlerBarnes Sheretta T.,
Richardson Bridget L.,
Chavous Tabbye M.,
Zhu Jiaxi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/jora.12383
Subject(s) - socialization , psychology , identity (music) , african american , racism , mediation , race (biology) , developmental psychology , centrality , social psychology , racial group , racial differences , gender studies , ethnic group , sociology , social science , ethnology , physics , mathematics , combinatorics , anthropology , acoustics
This study examined various parental racial socialization messages as mediators between school‐based racial discrimination and racial identity formation over 4 years for African American boys ( N = 639) and African American girls ( N = 711). Findings indicated that school‐based racial discrimination was associated with racial identity beliefs. For African American boys, behavioral racial socialization messages mediated the relation between school‐based racial discrimination and racial centrality over time. Mediation also resulted for African American girls, but for a different set of race‐related messages (negative messages and racial barriers) and racial identity beliefs. The developmental significance of the findings and implications for future research are discussed.