Stockholm University, Sweden.
Michigan State University, USA.
J Adolesc. 2018 Jan;62:175-183. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.06.003. Epub 2017 Jun 30.
This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Explaining Positive Adaptation of Immigrant Youth across Cultures. This study tested a mediation model of ethnic socialization (i.e., parental practices that promote children's knowledge about their history, heritage culture, cultural authenticity, and ethnic bias management) in Roma youth. Roma are the largest ethnic minority group in Europe subjected to severe discrimination, both currently and historically. Participants were 202 Roma youth aged 14 to 19 years old (M = 16.25, 53% females), who provided self-reports on their experience of ethnic socialization, ethnic identity, school achievement, and life satisfaction. Cultural pride reinforcement was related to better school achievement, whereas cultural coping with antagonism was positively related to life satisfaction. The study confirmed the model in that ethnic socialization was positively related to life satisfaction through effects on ethnic identity but negatively associated with school achievement. Findings have implications for adaptive cultural mechanisms promoting positive developmental outcomes among historically disadvantaged groups including those intersecting immigrant and multigenerational ethnic minority group categories.
这篇文章是一个特刊的一部分，主题是跨文化解释移民青年的积极适应。本研究检验了一种关于种族社会化的中介模型（即促进儿童了解其历史、传统文化、文化真实性和族裔偏见管理的父母实践）在罗姆青年中的作用。罗姆人是欧洲最大的少数民族，他们长期以来一直受到严重的歧视。参与者是 202 名 14 至 19 岁的罗姆青年（M = 16.25，女性占 53%），他们报告了自己的种族社会化经验、种族认同、学业成绩和生活满意度。文化自豪感的增强与更好的学业成绩有关，而对抗性的文化应对则与生活满意度呈正相关。研究证实了这一模式，即种族社会化通过对种族认同的影响与生活满意度呈正相关，而与学业成绩呈负相关。这些发现对促进具有历史劣势的群体（包括 intersecting 移民和多代少数民族群体类别）积极发展结果的适应性文化机制具有重要意义。
