Cultural Socialization and Ethnic-Racial Identity Mediated by Positive and Negative Conversations about Race: Exploring Differences among Students of Color and White Students
Year: 2021
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Objectives: The current study examined associations between cultural socialization and ethnic-racial identity (ERI) via positive and negative conversations about one’s ethnicity/race. Differences between students of color (SOC) and White students (WS) were explored. Method: Diverse college students 18-22 (M age = 18.46) participating in a university-wide study provided self-reports of childhood cultural socialization, engagement in conversations about ethnicity/race during college, and ERI. Results: Cultural socialization was associated with more positive conversations about race, and, in turn, greater ERI exploration, resolution, and affirmation among SOC and WS. Additionally, negative conversations about race were associated with greater ERI exploration and less ERI affirmation among SOC and WS. However, greater cultural socialization was only related to more negative conversations about ethnicity/race among SOC. Conclusion: The current study highlights the nuanced ways that childhood cultural socialization and conversations about one’s ethnicity/race influence college students’ ERI, both similarly and differently among SOC and WS.
Institutions: Virginia Commonwealth University, Arizona State University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7203565251