School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
School of Education and Human Development, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
J Res Adolesc. 2024 Jun;34(2):526-538. doi: 10.1111/jora.12914. Epub 2024 Feb 18.
Increases in conversations about race and racial discrimination experiences during adolescence make this a critical developmental period to investigate adolescents' awareness of racism. We examined bidirectional associations between race-based experiences and awareness of systemic racism-operationalized as understanding systemic causes of racial disparities in education. Adolescents who self-identified as African American/Black were surveyed in Grade 6 (n = 317; M = 11.12; 48% girls) and Grade 8 (n = 247; M = 13.15; 56% girls). Cross-lagged panel analyses revealed that racial barrier messages, but not racial discrimination experiences, in Grade 6 positively predicted awareness of systemic racism in Grade 8. Adolescents' awareness of systemic racism in Grade 6 did not predict racial socialization or racial discrimination experiences in Grade 8.
在青少年时期,关于种族和种族歧视经历的讨论增加,这使得该时期成为研究青少年对种族主义认识的关键发展阶段。我们研究了基于种族的经历和对系统性种族主义意识之间的双向关联——将系统性种族主义意识理解为对教育中种族差异的系统性原因的理解。在六年级(n=317;M=11.12;48%为女生)和八年级(n=247;M=13.15;56%为女生),对自认为是非洲裔/黑人的青少年进行了调查。交叉滞后面板分析显示,六年级的种族障碍信息,而不是种族歧视经历,正向预测了八年级的系统性种族主义意识。八年级青少年的系统性种族主义意识并没有预测六年级的种族社会化或种族歧视经历。