A 21st Century Take on Racial-Ethnic Socialization: Patterns of Competency and Content among Diverse Parents of Color
Social Sciences
; 11(2):88, 2022.
Article
in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-1715664
ABSTRACT
Racial-ethnic socialization is a process where parents pass beliefs and behaviors to their children, including critical reflections on race and racism. Currently, it is not well known across racial/ethnic groups in the U.S how parents’ socialization competency (confidence, skills, and stress surrounding the delivery of racial-ethnic socialization) coalesces with the frequency with which they deliver different types of socialization messages (socialization content). The current study utilizes latent profile analysis to examine racial-ethnic socialization content and competency patterns among 203 Black, 194 Latinx, and 188 Asian American parents (n = 585, Mage = 44.46, SD = 9.14, 59.70% mothers) with children 10–18 years old (Mage = 14.30, SD = 2.49, 50.3% female). Furthermore, we relate profiles to sociodemographic and relevant factors posited to impact socialization competency and content delivery, namely, discrimination and critical consciousness dimensions (reflection, motivation, action). We observed three parental profiles Less Prepared Stressed Low Frequency (LPSLF;n = 285), Prepared Low Stress Frequent (PLSF;n = 204), and Prepared Stressed Frequent (PSF;n = 96) socializers. Profile differences emerged on parental and youth sociodemographic factors, lifetime discrimination exposure, and each parental critical consciousness dimension. This study lays a foundation for the combined study of racial-ethnic socialization competence and content in diverse groups, a practice crucial to understanding 21st century parenting.
Social Sciences: Comprehensive Works; racial-ethnic socialization; critical consciousness; competency; latent profile analysis; Parents & parenting; Racism; Racial discrimination; Socialization; Egalitarianism; Minority & ethnic groups; Sociodemographics; Medical research; Generations; Families & family life; 21st century; Children & youth; Consciousness; Race; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Bias; United States--US
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ProQuest Central
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English
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Social Sciences
Year:
2022
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Article
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