Longitudinal links between maternal cultural socialization,peer ethnic-racial discrimination,and ethnic-racial pride in Mexican American youth |
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| Authors: | Gabriela Livas Stein N Keita Christophe Laura Castro-Schilo Casandra Gomez Alvarado Richard Robins |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA;2. Department of Psychology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA;3. SAS, Cary, North Carolina, USA;4. Department of Psychology, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, USA |
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| Abstract: | This paper used cross-lagged panel models to test the longitudinal interplay between maternal cultural socialization, peer ethnic-racial discrimination, and ethnic-racial pride across 5th to 11th grade among Mexican American youth (N = 674, Mage = 10.86; 72% born in the United States; 50% girls; Wave 1 collected 2006–2008). Maternal cultural socialization predicted increases in subsequent youth ethnic-racial pride, and youth ethnic-racial pride prompted greater maternal cultural socialization. However, peer ethnic-racial discrimination was associated with subsequent decreases in ethnic-racial pride. The magnitude of these associations was consistent across 5th to 11th grades suggesting that maternal cultural socialization messages are necessary to maintain ethnic-racial pride across adolescence, thus families must continually support the development of ethnic-racial pride in their youth to counter the effects of discrimination. |
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