Goldstein Olivia C, Witherspoon Dawn P, Bámaca Mayra Y
Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Department of Women's, Sexuality, and Gender Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2025 Aug 23;15(9):1148. doi: 10.3390/bs15091148.
This exploratory pilot study examined how Latine adolescents' ethnic-racial identity (ERI)-specifically, centrality, private regard, and public regard-was shaped by parents' gender role socialization (GRS) beliefs and perceptions of neighborhood connectedness and problems. Sixty Latine parent-adolescent dyads living in a Northeastern new destination context participated. Hierarchical regression models were used to test whether GRS beliefs moderated the effects of neighborhood on adolescents' ERI. Traditional GRS beliefs moderated associations between neighborhood problems and ERI dimensions, such that adolescents whose parents endorsed stronger traditional GRS beliefs reported lower ERI centrality, private regard, and public regard in neighborhoods with more problems. These associations were not significant for neighborhood connectedness and did not differ by child gender. Findings suggest that parent beliefs about gender may shape identity development in environments perceived as risky or under-resourced. The context-dependent nature of socialization and the adaptive nature of parenting processes in emerging Latine communities are discussed.
这项探索性试点研究考察了拉丁裔青少年的族裔-种族认同（ERI）——具体而言，即中心性、内在认同和外在认同——是如何受到父母的性别角色社会化（GRS）信念以及对邻里联系和问题的认知影响的。六十对居住在东北部新移民地区的拉丁裔父母-青少年二元组参与了研究。采用分层回归模型来检验GRS信念是否调节了邻里环境对青少年ERI的影响。传统的GRS信念调节了邻里问题与ERI维度之间的关联，即父母认可更强传统GRS信念的青少年，在问题较多的邻里环境中，其ERI中心性、内在认同和外在认同得分较低。这些关联在邻里联系方面并不显著，且不因孩子性别而有所不同。研究结果表明，父母关于性别的信念可能会在被视为有风险或资源不足的环境中塑造身份认同发展。文中还讨论了新兴拉丁裔社区中社会化的情境依赖性本质以及养育过程的适应性本质。
