Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
This study examined patterns of: (1) racial socialization messages in dyadic discussions between 111 African American mothers and adolescents (M age = 15.50) and (2) mothers’ positive emotions displayed during the discussion. Mothers gave more total racial socialization responses to a hypothetical dilemma involving potential mistreatment by a White teacher than a dilemma involving rude treatment by a White salesperson. Mothers displayed more advocacy on behalf of their adolescents in response to the teacher dilemma than to the salesperson dilemma. Mothers displayed consistent emotional support of adolescents’ problem solving across both dilemmas but lower warmth in response to the salesperson dilemma. The role of adolescent gender in mothers’ observed racial socialization responses is also discussed.
Recommended Citation
Smith-Bynum, Mia A.; Anderson, Riana E.; Davis, BreAnna L.; and Franco, Marisa, "Observed Racial Socialization and Maternal Positive Emotions in African American Mother-Adolescent Dyadic Discussions about Racial Discrimination" (2016). Counseling and Psychological Services Faculty Publications. 5.
https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cps_facpub/5
Comments
Author accepted manuscript version of an article published in:
Smith-Bynum, M. A., Anderson, R. E., Davis, B. L., Franco, M. G. and English, D. (2016), Observed Racial Socialization and Maternal Positive Emotions in African American Mother–Adolescent Discussions About Racial Discrimination. Child Dev, 87: 1926–1939. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12562.