Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
J Youth Adolesc. 2022 Dec;51(12):2340-2354. doi: 10.1007/s10964-022-01667-5. Epub 2022 Aug 17.
Multiracial-Black youth are one of the fastest-growing populations in the U.S., but little is known about their racialized developmental experiences. This study uses Latent Profile Analysis to identify patterns of parental racial socialization among Biracial Black-White adolescents and explore whether those profiles relate to demographics and racial identity outcomes. The sample consisted of 330 Biracial Black-White adolescents living in the U.S. (67% boys; Mage = 14.8, SD = 1.5). The analysis yielded a four-profile solution based on (1) the frequency of socialization messages youth received and (2) the concordance of those messages across both of their parents (i.e., whether socialization frequency is similar or different between Black and white parents). Profile membership differed based on youth gender and racialized appearance (i.e., whether youth presented physically as Black, white, or racially ambiguous). Ultimately, adolescents in the profile with the highest frequency and concordance of parental racial socialization reported more adaptive racial identity attitudes including a sense of pride in being Black and Biracial. Youth in that profile also felt the most comfortable navigating the intersections of their racial identities, which coupled with racial pride has promising implications for their development and wellbeing.
美国的多种族-黑人青年是增长最快的人群之一，但人们对他们的种族发展经历知之甚少。本研究使用潜在剖面分析来确定黑白混血青少年父母的种族社会化模式，并探讨这些模式是否与人口统计学和种族认同结果相关。该样本由 330 名生活在美国的黑白混血青少年组成（67%为男性；平均年龄=14.8，标准差=1.5）。分析产生了一个基于（1）青年接受的社会化信息的频率和（2）这些信息在他们的父母之间的一致性的四组特征的解决方案（即，黑人父母和白人父母之间的社会化频率是否相似或不同）。特征组的成员身份因青年的性别和种族化外貌而异（即青年的外貌是否表现为黑人、白人或种族模糊）。最终，在父母种族社会化频率和一致性最高的特征组中，青少年报告了更适应的种族认同态度，包括对自己是黑人的和黑白混血的自豪感。该特征组的青年也感觉最舒适地驾驭他们的种族认同的交叉点，这与种族自豪感一起，对他们的发展和幸福感有着有希望的影响。
