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Examining Critical Reflection as a Mediator Between School Racial Climate Experiences and Anti‐Racist Action
Author(s) -
Golden Alexandrea R.,
Byrd Christy M.
Publication year - 2022
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.12778
Subject(s) - critical consciousness , psychology , socialization , action (physics) , racism , social psychology , interpersonal communication , critical theory , consciousness , critical reflection , developmental psychology , sociology , gender studies , political science , pedagogy , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , law
Little is known about how different school racial climate experiences influence the critical reflection and subsequent critical action behaviors of racially minoritized youth. Therefore, the current study examined how critical reflection mediated the relationship between school racial climate profiles and critical action behaviors. Participants were 559 Black and Latinx adolescents, aged 13–17 who completed an online survey. Results indicated that critical reflection significantly mediated the relationships between interpersonal interactions (i.e., equal status) and anti‐racist critical action behaviors. Similarly, the relationships between school racial socialization messages (i.e., cultural and critical consciousness socialization) and anti‐racist critical action behaviors were also mediated by critical reflection. Findings have implications for how dimensions of the school racial climate differentially relate to racially minoritized youth's critical consciousness.