Observed Racial Socialization and Maternal Positive Emotions in African American Mother–Adolescent Discussions About Racial Discrimination

Bynum, Mia Smith; Anderson, Riana Elyse; Davis, Bre Anna L.; Franco, Marisa; English, Devin

doi:10.1111/cdev.12562

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“…Moreover, mothers' discussion of the history and core values of Islam with their adolescent children in addition to how they deliver these messages may also be important for youth's adjustment and behavioral outcomes. Consistent with a process-oriented approach to racial socialization (e.g., Smith-Bynum, Anderson, Davis, Franco, & English, 2016), the transmission of religious values to children happens within the parent-child relationship context.…”

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Exploring daily mediating pathways of religious identity in the associations between maternal religious socialization and Muslim American adolescents’ civic engagement.

Balkaya-Ince¹,

Cheah²,

Kiang³

et al. 2020

Developmental Psychology

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Despite its implications for positive youth development, factors and processes that promote civic engagment are critically understudied, particularly among Muslim American adolescents for whom opportunities for civic engagement could be hindered by Islamophobia and hate crimes. Prior work has proposed that parents can strengthen adolescents' group belonging and motivate their civic engagement, but this mediating link has not been empirically tested. Moreover, parents' religious socialization and adolescents' religious identity remain understudied, especially with respect to possible daily fluctuations. We used experience sampling methods to: (1) explore momentary fluctuations and temporal relations between two dimensions of Muslim American adolescents' religious identity (i.e., private regard and centrality) over the course of 14 days (Phase 2); and (2) examine if Muslim American adolescents' momentary religious identity (Phase 2) mediated associations between their stable perceptions of maternal religious socialization (Phase 1) and subsequent civic engagement (Phase 3). Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling revealed positive autoregressive and cross-lagged relations between religious private regard and centrality. Moreover, adolescents' momentary religious identities differentially mediated the associations between maternal religious socialization and civic attitudes and behaviors, suggesting specificity in these developmental processes. Our findings have important implications for programs and policies to support the self-empowerment and positive development of Muslim American adolescents.

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Section: Daily Mediating Role Of Religious Identitymentioning

confidence: 95%

Exploring daily mediating pathways of religious identity in the associations between maternal religious socialization and Muslim American adolescents’ civic engagement.

Balkaya-Ince¹,

Cheah²,

Kiang³

et al. 2020

Developmental Psychology

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“…Both racial discrimination and racial socialization have been conceptualized as dynamic events that occur in an episodic manner that can occur across several days (Coard & Sellers, 2005; Stevenson, Cameron, Herrero‐Taylor, & Davis, 2002; Sue et al, 2008). Long‐term aggregate assessments of discrimination and socialization risk obscuring the ordering of when the discrimination or socialization event occurred which is a severe threat to our ability to assess causation (Smith‐Bynum, Anderson, Davis, Franco, & English, 2016). Additionally, long‐term retrospective reports introduce potential for increased respondent bias due to errors in memory and current psychological states (Bolger, Davis, & Rafaeli, 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

A Daily Examination of African American Adolescents’ Racial Discrimination, Parental Racial Socialization, and Psychological Affect

2020

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This study examined 164 African American adolescents' (M age = 15) daily reports of racial discrimination and parental racial socialization over 21 days. The study examined same-day and previous-day associations of adolescents' discrimination and socialization experiences with their positive and negative psychological affect. It further explored whether racial socialization messages buffered discrimination's effects on affect when messages were received during the same day and on the day prior to discrimination. Findings indicated the deleterious effect of racial discrimination (associated with more negative affect) and highlighted the importance of examining youth's short-term coping in critical developmental years. Findings also showed how messages promote positive youth emotions. However, daily moderating associations differed from prior survey studies, suggesting the importance of examining short-term processes. Racial Discrimination Experiences Among African American Adolescents Racial discrimination is the negative and unfair treatment of a group of people or individuals based on phenotypical characteristics such as skin color (Kessler, Mickelson, & Williams, 1999). Research highlights that it is not uncommon for African American youth to experience racial discrimination in schools and other public spaces (e.g., Banerjee,

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“…In fact, 25% of Black youth report teachers' unfair treatment or expectations, over 30% report being followed in stores, and over 25% report police harassment (Fisher et al, 2000;Seaton, Caldwell, Sellers, & Jackson, 2008). Black adults also face these situations (Gabbidon, 2003) and likely prepare youth to cope with them (Smith-Bynum, Anderson, Davis, Franco, & English, 2016). Thus, we examined the youth-reported family messages, and the coping strategies that youth may use, in situations that youth typically face: teachers' negative academic and behavioral expectations, store employees' hyper-monitoring, and police harassment.…”

Section: Racial Discriminationmentioning

confidence: 99%

How Does Racial Context Matter?: Family Preparation‐for‐Bias Messages and Racial Coping Reported by Black Youth

2019

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Black families and youth likely consider specific racial discriminatory situations in preparation‐for‐bias messages and racial coping responses. Our study investigated coping responses embedded in youth‐reported Black families’ preparation‐for‐bias messages and youths’ proactive coping responses to specific racially discriminatory situations—teachers’ negative expectations, store employees’ hyper‐monitoring and police harassment. Gender and racial discrimination experience differences were considered along with relations between messages and coping. Our investigation was guided by the integrated‐developmental, transactional/ecological, intersectionality, and Phenomenological Variant of Ecological Systems Theory theoretical frameworks. We conducted cluster analyses using data from 117 Black youth aged 13–14 to identify situation‐specific family messages and youth coping responses. Families’ messages and youths’ responses varied in content and frequency based on the specific discriminatory situation, which suggests consideration of context.

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Observed Racial Socialization and Maternal Positive Emotions in African American Mother–Adolescent Discussions About Racial Discrimination

Cited by 83 publications

References 63 publications

Exploring daily mediating pathways of religious identity in the associations between maternal religious socialization and Muslim American adolescents’ civic engagement.

Exploring daily mediating pathways of religious identity in the associations between maternal religious socialization and Muslim American adolescents’ civic engagement.

A Daily Examination of African American Adolescents’ Racial Discrimination, Parental Racial Socialization, and Psychological Affect

How Does Racial Context Matter?: Family Preparation‐for‐Bias Messages and Racial Coping Reported by Black Youth

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