TY - JOUR
T1 - Parent and Peer Racial–Ethnic Socialization Facilitates Psychological Well-Being Via Proactive Coping
T2 - A Daily Diary Study
AU - Galán, Chardée A.
AU - Lee, Young Ri
AU - Satinsky, Emily N.
AU - Santana, Adrelys Mateo
AU - Wang, Ming Te
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the promotive and protective effects of parental and peer racial–ethnic socialization (RES) on adolescents’ psychological well-being in the context of racial–ethnic discrimination. We hypothesized that RES would buffer the pernicious effects of discrimination on well-being by promoting more proactive coping (problem solving, seeking social support) and less avoidant coping responses. Method: Participants were a nationally representative sample of 371 ethnoracially minoritized adolescents who were recruited through a research survey panel (51.75% assigned female sex at birth; 46.90% Black, 24.80% Latine, 20.22% Asian/Asian American; mean age = 14.47 years, SD age = 1.46 years, range = 10-19 years). Participants completed daily surveys of exposure to racial–ethnic discrimination, RES, coping, and psychological well-being across 30 days. Results: Results indicated parental cultural socialization promoted more positive next-day well-being via increased problem-solving coping (unstandardized B = 0.01, SE = 0.01, p <.05). The same pattern of findings emerged when examining cultural socialization messages from peers (unstandardized B = 0.02, SE = 0.01, p <.01) and preparation for bias messages from parents (unstandardized B = 0.02, SE = 0.01, p <.01). RES significantly moderated the effects of racial–ethnic discrimination on avoidance coping. Conclusion: Findings suggest that RES from parents and peers may promote more positive psychological well-being in adolescents by facilitating proactive coping processes on days when they experience racial–ethnic discrimination. Overall, the study points to the need for continued efforts to develop, test, and disseminate evidence-based approaches to strengthening RES competency, as doing so may be a critical avenue for cultivating resilience among ethnoracially minoritized youth.
AB - Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the promotive and protective effects of parental and peer racial–ethnic socialization (RES) on adolescents’ psychological well-being in the context of racial–ethnic discrimination. We hypothesized that RES would buffer the pernicious effects of discrimination on well-being by promoting more proactive coping (problem solving, seeking social support) and less avoidant coping responses. Method: Participants were a nationally representative sample of 371 ethnoracially minoritized adolescents who were recruited through a research survey panel (51.75% assigned female sex at birth; 46.90% Black, 24.80% Latine, 20.22% Asian/Asian American; mean age = 14.47 years, SD age = 1.46 years, range = 10-19 years). Participants completed daily surveys of exposure to racial–ethnic discrimination, RES, coping, and psychological well-being across 30 days. Results: Results indicated parental cultural socialization promoted more positive next-day well-being via increased problem-solving coping (unstandardized B = 0.01, SE = 0.01, p <.05). The same pattern of findings emerged when examining cultural socialization messages from peers (unstandardized B = 0.02, SE = 0.01, p <.01) and preparation for bias messages from parents (unstandardized B = 0.02, SE = 0.01, p <.01). RES significantly moderated the effects of racial–ethnic discrimination on avoidance coping. Conclusion: Findings suggest that RES from parents and peers may promote more positive psychological well-being in adolescents by facilitating proactive coping processes on days when they experience racial–ethnic discrimination. Overall, the study points to the need for continued efforts to develop, test, and disseminate evidence-based approaches to strengthening RES competency, as doing so may be a critical avenue for cultivating resilience among ethnoracially minoritized youth.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jaac.2024.10.014
DO - 10.1016/j.jaac.2024.10.014
M3 - Article
C2 - 39510312
AN - SCOPUS:85212179715
SN - 0890-8567
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
ER -