Sentences with phrase «positive racial socialization»

Eight months after baseline, youth whose parents participated in the program, compared with control youth, reported increased parental monitoring, positive racial socialization, and positive self - concept, as well as decreased conduct problems and self - reported substance use.

«If we can educate parents of young children to use positive racial socialization before toxic experiences have the chance to cause lasting damage, we may be able to significantly influence the trajectory of many children's lives.»

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Approaches to racial socialization that promoted cultural pride and identity were commonly used for this young age group and have been consistently linked to positive outcomes in prior studies.

The primary constructs within the hypothesized framework are: (1) social position variables — characteristics that are used within societies to hierarchically stratify groups (race, gender, socioeconomic status); (2) parenting variables — familial mechanisms that may influence African American adolescents well - being, perceptions of competence, and attitudes towards others in various contexts (e.g., parenting practices and racial socialization messages); (3) racial discrimination — negative racially driven experiences that may influence feelings of competence, belongingness, and self - worth; (4) environmental / contextual factors — settings and surroundings that may impede or promote healthy identity development (e.g., academic settings); and (5) learner characteristics — individual characteristics that may promote or hinder positive psychological adjustment outcomes (e.g., racial identity, coping styles).

As shown by Fischer and Shaw (1999), African American youth who receive negative racial socialization messages or messages that devalue or overlook the positive characteristics related to being African American (e.g., «learning about Black history is not that important») are more prone to evidence poorer psychological adjustment and academic outcomes.