Validation of the Multiracial Youth Socialization (MY-Soc) Scale among racially diverse multiracial emerging adults.

Atkin, Annabelle L.; Yoo, Hyung Chol; White, Rebecca M. B.; Tran, Alisia G. T. T.; Jackson, Kelly

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“…However, the four racial and ethnic socialization frames used when analyzing monoracial families do not always account for the socialization practices parents engage in with multiracial youth. The Multiracial Youth Socialization (My-Soc) scale defines eight types of socialization specific to multiracial youth (Atkin et al, 2021). These eight types are: Navigating Multiple Heritages Socialization, Multiracial Identity Socialization, Preparation for Monoracism Socialization, Negative Socialization, Colorblind Socialization, Diversity Appreciation Socialization, Race-Conscious Socialization, and Silent Socialization.…”

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“You're biracial but…”: Multiracial socialization discourse among mommy bloggers with Black and non‐Black multiracial children

Reyna

2022

J of Marriage and Family

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Objective This study examines thematic content and discourse surrounding multiracial socialization between Black and non‐Black multiracial families on multiracial mommy blogs. Background Mommy blogs have been recognized as a medium through which mothers challenge dominant representations of motherhood, create community with other mothers, and seek out advice. But little is known about how mothers write about and discuss race, racism, and multiracial socialization online. This study addresses this knowledge gap by analyzing how a niche of bloggers—mothers to multiracial children—construct narratives surrounding race, multiraciality, and multiracial socialization online and how their narratives differ by the racial makeup of the blogger's family. Method Using a MultiCrit framework, this study analyzes 13 mommy blogs written by mothers of color with multiracial children. Blogs were analyzed for thematic content related to race, racial identification, multiraciality, and multiracial socialization. Results The findings demonstrate that mothers' orientations to multiracial socialization vary depending on whether the blogger has Black or non‐Black multiracial children. Bloggers who are mothers to Black multiracial children blogged frequently about their engagement in safety socialization, whereas mothers with non‐Black multiracial children did not. Conclusion The stark difference between thematic content from bloggers with and without Black multiracial children highlights the differing experiences among Black and non‐Black multiracial people, for mothers of Black multiracial children, and the implications anti‐Black racism has on family processes.

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“You're biracial but…”: Multiracial socialization discourse among mommy bloggers with Black and non‐Black multiracial children

Reyna

2022

J of Marriage and Family

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“…Four subscales from the Multiracial Youth Socialization Scale were utilized to assess racial socialization that youth perceived they received from each of their parents (Atkin et al, 2021a ). Although the development of the subscales was informed by interviews with Multiracial college students about their experiences with familial socialization (Atkin et al, 2021b ), these four subscales assess socialization experiences relevant to families of all racial backgrounds.…”

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“…The validity of the four-subscale structure of the Multiracial Youth Socialization Scale was assessed using confirmatory factory analysis, whereby fit was considered adequate if the comparative fit index (CFI) was close to 0.90, root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) was close to 0.06, and square root mean squared residual (SRMR) was close to 0.08, recognizing that researchers recommending these values do not support rigid cut-offs (see appendix for supplemental table; Hu & Bentler, 1999 ; Perry et al, 2015 ). The internal reliability of the subscales in the scale development study ranged from 0.74 to 0.94 (Atkin et al, 2021a ). In the current study, reliability scores also ranged from 0.74 to 0.94 for mothers’ socialization and fathers’ socialization (see Table 2 for details).…”

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“…Three types of racial socialization messages that may be important for understanding the development of youth’s anti-Black and colorblind racial attitudes include race-conscious, diversity appreciation, and colorblind socialization (Atkin et al, 2021a ). These factors are all related to the construct of egalitarian socialization in that they each promote viewing all races as equal, but there are important distinctions in the connotations of these messages that could result in the formation of dissimilar racial attitudes (Atkin et al, 2021b ).…”

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Profiles of Racial Socialization Messages from Mothers and Fathers and The Colorblind and Anti-Black Attitudes of Asian American Adolescents

Atkin

Ahn

2022

J Youth Adolescence

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Racial equality requires coalitions and solidarity across racial groups, but there continues to be racially colorblind and anti-Black attitudes within the Asian American community, a diverse community consisting of individuals with ancestral origins in East, Southeast, and South Asia. However, there is limited research on the factors that contribute to the development of these attitudes among Asian Americans. Parents could potentially play an important role in perpetuating or challenging the colorblind and anti-Black messages that pervade U.S. society. Thus, the current study investigates how 309 Asian American adolescents’ (M age = 16.8; SD = 1.15; 50.5% female) perceptions of parents’ racial socialization messages about race and racism relate to the youth’s racial attitudes. Latent profiles of youth’s perceptions of mothers’ and fathers’ racial socialization messages and their associations with colorblind racial attitudes and anti-Black attitudes were examined. For mothers, three socialization profiles were identified: Race Avoidant, Race Hesitant, and Race Embracing; for fathers, two socialization profiles were identified: Race Avoidant and Race Embracing. Adolescents with Race Embracing mothers reported less anti-Black attitudes compared to those who had Race Hesitant mothers. For fathers, there were no differences among the profiles and anti-Black attitudes. However, surprisingly, adolescents with Race Embracing fathers were more likely to have colorblind racial attitudes compared to those with Race Avoidant fathers. The findings highlight the importance of racial socialization in the development of Asian American adolescents’ racial attitudes to continue fighting for interracial solidarity.

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“…3The Multiracial Youth Socialization (MY-Soc) Scale (Atkin et al, 2021) was developed based off of the themes identified in this study to address this gap in the literature.…”

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A qualitative examination of familial racial-ethnic socialization experiences among multiracial American emerging adults.

Atkin¹,

Jackson²,

White³

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Journal of Family Psychology

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This qualitative interview study investigated the types of parental racial-ethnic socialization messages received by Multiracial American youth over the course of their development. The Multiracial population in America is the largest demographic group among individuals under the age of 18 (Saulny, 2011), but there is a dearth of research about the development of this rapidly growing population. Multiracial youth are members of multiple racial-ethnic groups. Thus, racial-ethnic socialization is particularly complex for Multiracial families because parents typically have different racial backgrounds and experiences compared to their children. Interviews were conducted with 20 Multiracial emerging adult college students (M age = 20.55; 10 male, 10 female) of diverse racial backgrounds to identify the types of parental racial-ethnic socialization messages they received growing up. Using thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006

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Validation of the Multiracial Youth Socialization (MY-Soc) Scale among racially diverse multiracial emerging adults.

Cited by 15 publications

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“You're biracial but…”: Multiracial socialization discourse among mommy bloggers with Black and non‐Black multiracial children

“You're biracial but…”: Multiracial socialization discourse among mommy bloggers with Black and non‐Black multiracial children

Profiles of Racial Socialization Messages from Mothers and Fathers and The Colorblind and Anti-Black Attitudes of Asian American Adolescents

A qualitative examination of familial racial-ethnic socialization experiences among multiracial American emerging adults.

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