成为积极参与公民事务的青少年：美籍华裔家庭中的个体与养育机制

Becoming civically engaged adolescents: Individual and parenting mechanisms in Chinese American families.

作者信息

Zhang Bumo, Cheah Charissa S L, Aquino Ana Katrina, Ren Huiguang

机构信息

Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

出版信息

Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2024 Dec 12. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000720.

DOI:10.1037/cdp0000720

PMID:39666526

Abstract

OBJECTIVES

To understand processes contributing to Chinese American adolescents' civic engagement, our study examined: (a) the mediating role of Chinese American adolescents' ethnic identity resolution in the associations between their parents' cultural socialization and their own civic engagement (i.e., political participation and civil participation), (b) the moderating role of parents' racial socialization competency in the association between parents' cultural socialization and adolescents' ethnic identity resolution, and (c) the moderating role of adolescents' behavioral acculturation toward American culture in the associations between adolescents' ethnic identity resolution and civic engagement.

METHOD

Participants included 303 Chinese American adolescents aged 10-18 years old ( = 14.1, = 2.2; 50% girls) and their parents ( = 44.1 years, = 6.0; 78% mothers).

RESULTS

Chinese American parents' cultural socialization was positively related to their adolescents' ethnic identity resolution, which in turn contributed to adolescents' greater political participation and civil participation. The positive association between parents' cultural socialization and adolescents' ethnic identity resolution was further strengthened by parents' greater racial socialization competency. Moreover, a complex moderating effect of adolescents' behavioral participation in American society was revealed, in which adolescents' ethnic identity resolution was significantly associated with greater political participation only when they also had high levels of behavioral acculturation. Conversely, the relation between adolescents' ethnic identity resolution and their civil participation was not dependent on their behavioral acculturation level.

CONCLUSION

Our study highlighted the joint contribution of adolescent and parenting factors in promoting different forms of youth civic engagement in Chinese American families. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

摘要

目标

为了解促成华裔美国青少年公民参与的过程，我们的研究考察了：(a) 华裔美国青少年的族群认同解决在其父母的文化社会化与他们自身的公民参与（即政治参与和公民参与）之间的关联中所起的中介作用；(b) 父母的种族社会化能力在父母的文化社会化与青少年的族群认同解决之间的关联中所起的调节作用；以及 (c) 青少年对美国文化的行为文化适应在青少年的族群认同解决与公民参与之间的关联中所起的调节作用。

方法

参与者包括303名10至18岁的华裔美国青少年（平均年龄 = 14.1岁，标准差 = 2.2岁；50%为女孩）及其父母（平均年龄 = 44.1岁，标准差 = 6.0岁；78%为母亲）。

结果

华裔美国父母的文化社会化与他们青少年的族群认同解决呈正相关，这反过来又促成了青少年更多的政治参与和公民参与。父母更强的种族社会化能力进一步加强了父母的文化社会化与青少年的族群认同解决之间的正相关。此外，还揭示了青少年在美国社会的行为参与的复杂调节作用，即只有当青少年也有高水平的行为文化适应时，他们的族群认同解决才与更多的政治参与显著相关。相反，青少年的族群认同解决与其公民参与之间的关系并不取决于他们的行为文化适应水平。