Gao Dan, van Geel Mitch, Liu Junsheng, Mesman Judi
Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University.
Affiliated Mental Health Center (ECNU), School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2024 Aug 29. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000709.
This study concerns Chinese mothers' color-conscious socialization and social dominance orientation and how these relate to children's racial attitudes.
Data were collected from a sample of 155 Chinese children (71 girls) aged 7-11 years and their mothers, from urban regions across China (Shanghai, Jinan, and cities in Jiangsu Province), including observations of mothers' color-conscious practices, self-reported social dominance orientation, and children's attitudes toward light-skinned Chinese, tan-skinned Chinese, and White groups. All children were born in urban areas and from middle-income families.
Variable- and person-centered analyses suggested three areas of color-conscious practices, racial appearance, cultural background, and grouping, and revealed heterogeneity in associations between color consciousness and social dominance orientation. Mothers' acknowledgment of shared culture was associated with children's positive attitudes toward their racial ingroup with darker skin tone.
This study emphasizes the importance of a nuanced and contextualized understanding of color-conscious socialization. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
本研究关注中国母亲的肤色意识社会化和社会优势取向，以及这些因素与儿童种族态度之间的关系。
从中国城市地区（上海、济南和江苏省的城市）抽取了155名7至11岁的中国儿童（71名女孩）及其母亲作为样本，收集了相关数据，包括对母亲肤色意识行为的观察、自我报告的社会优势取向，以及儿童对浅肤色中国人、古铜色肤色中国人和白人群体的态度。所有儿童均出生在城市地区，来自中等收入家庭。
变量中心分析和个体中心分析表明，肤色意识行为存在三个方面，即种族外貌、文化背景和群体划分，并揭示了肤色意识与社会优势取向之间关联的异质性。母亲对共同文化的认可与儿童对肤色较深的种族内群体的积极态度相关。
本研究强调了对肤色意识社会化进行细致入微且结合具体情境理解的重要性。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2024美国心理学会，保留所有权利）
