Content and Attributions of Caregiver Racial Socialization as Predictors of African American Adolescents’ Private Racial Regard

The purpose of this study was to investigate the moderating effect of adolescents’ beliefs about socialization from caregivers (“attributions”) on the link between racial socialization and private regard. This research addresses the paucity of literature on adolescent attributions as a context for t...

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Published in:Journal of black psychology 2014-02, Vol.40 (1), p.69-80
Main Authors: Williams, Justin L., Smalls-Glover, Ciara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Africa
African Americans
Attributions
Belief & doubt
Beliefs
Biraciality
Black American people
Caregivers
Constraints
Interpersonal Relations
Parent Child Relationship
Parent-child relations
Quality
Race
Race relations
Racial differences
Self Esteem
Selfworth
Socialization
Teenagers
U.S.A
Youth
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to investigate the moderating effect of adolescents’ beliefs about socialization from caregivers (“attributions”) on the link between racial socialization and private regard. This research addresses the paucity of literature on adolescent attributions as a context for the relation between socialization and private regard. The independent roles of racial barrier, racial pride, and self-worth messages were examined. Adolescents’ attributions were defined as beliefs that race-based messages were coming from a parent-child relationship characterized by love, autonomy, and care. Moderation analyses on the sample of 88 African American and biracial youth (ages 11-14 years) revealed that for adolescents who placed more emphasis on a positive relationship quality as the purpose for receiving socialization, self-worth messages were associated with higher private regard. The findings support the importance of attending to adolescents’ attributions for socialization and the impact that it has on fostering positive feelings about being African American.
ISSN:0095-7984
1552-4558
DOI:10.1177/0095798412471681