TY - JOUR
T1 - Immigrant mothers’ experiences with ethnic socialization of adolescents growing up in the united states
T2 - An examination of colombian, guatemalan, mexican, and puerto rican mothers
AU - Umaña-Taylor, Adriana J.
AU - Bámaca, Mayra Y.
PY - 2004/11
Y1 - 2004/11
N2 - The study explored Colombian, Guatemalan. Mexican, and Puerto Rica ? mothers’ experiences with the process of ethnic socialization. Using focus group methodology, we asked mothers (N = 90) about the ways that their adolescents learned about their ethnicity. Mothers in all groups discussed (a) strategies by which children were socialized about their ethnicity within the home, (b) ways in which community resources facilitated the process of ethnic socialization, and (c) barriers that hindered their children’s ethnic socialization. Findings suggested that within each of these domains, there were more differences than similarities among the national origin groups. Specifically, mothers were most similar in their accounts of how ethnic socialization occurred within the familial context, but mothers’ experiences with community resources and barriers differed across groups. Findings are discussed within the context of an ecological model.
AB - The study explored Colombian, Guatemalan. Mexican, and Puerto Rica ? mothers’ experiences with the process of ethnic socialization. Using focus group methodology, we asked mothers (N = 90) about the ways that their adolescents learned about their ethnicity. Mothers in all groups discussed (a) strategies by which children were socialized about their ethnicity within the home, (b) ways in which community resources facilitated the process of ethnic socialization, and (c) barriers that hindered their children’s ethnic socialization. Findings suggested that within each of these domains, there were more differences than similarities among the national origin groups. Specifically, mothers were most similar in their accounts of how ethnic socialization occurred within the familial context, but mothers’ experiences with community resources and barriers differed across groups. Findings are discussed within the context of an ecological model.
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U2 - 10.1080/00380237.2004.10571250
DO - 10.1080/00380237.2004.10571250
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34247650556
SN - 0038-0237
VL - 37
SP - 329
EP - 348
JO - Sociological Focus
JF - Sociological Focus
IS - 4
ER -