TY - JOUR
T1 - Mexican-origin youth’s ethnic-racial identity development
T2 - The role of siblings.
AU - Padilla, Jenny
AU - Vazquez, Edwin J.
AU - Updegraff, Kimberly A.
AU - Umaña-Taylor, Adriana J.
AU - McHale, Susan M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/12/21
Y1 - 2020/12/21
N2 - Ethnic-racial identity (ERI) formation is an important developmental task. Although families are a primary context for ERI socialization, little is known about siblings’ role. Accordingly, we applied the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model to longitudinal data from 2 siblings to examine the links between siblings’ ERI exploration, resolution, and affirmation. Participants were Mexican-origin mothers, fathers, and 2 siblings (older siblings Mage = 20.65 years; younger siblings Mage = 17.72 years) from 246 families in Arizona who were interviewed on 2 occasions across 2 years. Siblings’ ERI exploration in late adolescence positively predicted young adult ERI, accounting for mothers’ and fathers’ ERIs. For resolution, the sibling (i.e., partner) effect was moderated by sibling gender constellation, such that the sibling effect emerged only for same-sex dyads. For affirmation, the sibling effect emerged for older but not younger siblings. These findings highlight the need to understand siblings’ role in ERI and to expand research on family socialization of ERI beyond parents.
AB - Ethnic-racial identity (ERI) formation is an important developmental task. Although families are a primary context for ERI socialization, little is known about siblings’ role. Accordingly, we applied the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model to longitudinal data from 2 siblings to examine the links between siblings’ ERI exploration, resolution, and affirmation. Participants were Mexican-origin mothers, fathers, and 2 siblings (older siblings Mage = 20.65 years; younger siblings Mage = 17.72 years) from 246 families in Arizona who were interviewed on 2 occasions across 2 years. Siblings’ ERI exploration in late adolescence positively predicted young adult ERI, accounting for mothers’ and fathers’ ERIs. For resolution, the sibling (i.e., partner) effect was moderated by sibling gender constellation, such that the sibling effect emerged only for same-sex dyads. For affirmation, the sibling effect emerged for older but not younger siblings. These findings highlight the need to understand siblings’ role in ERI and to expand research on family socialization of ERI beyond parents.
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U2 - 10.1037/dev0001072
DO - 10.1037/dev0001072
M3 - Article
C2 - 33346675
AN - SCOPUS:85102018676
SN - 0012-1649
VL - 57
SP - 302
EP - 308
JO - Developmental psychology
JF - Developmental psychology
IS - 2
ER -