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The role of parents' and adolescents' critical reflection in the development of white youths' commitments to dismantling oppression

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Given the access that white youth have to privilege and power, it is important to understand how they might develop life goals related to dismantling multiple forms of oppression, which we term critical purpose. Parents may support their children's critical purpose via their own critical reflection (understanding of the root causes of disparities in society), which may be associated with their child's critical reflection. Structural equation models of two waves of data from 351 white youth showed an indirect relationship between parent critical reflection and youth critical purpose through youth critical reflection. Bolstering white parents' critical reflection may be a strategy for supporting the development of white youths' commitments to future social justice action.

Source: Journal of Research on Adolescence

DOI: 10.1111/jora.13054

Authors: Sara Suzuki, Aixa D. Marchand, Sara K. Johnson

Institutions: Tufts University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Language: English

Topic: Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Templeton Religion Trust