ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

›› 2010, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (11): 1800-1807.

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On the Concept, Predictors and Theory Models
of Ethnic-Racial Socialization

YIN Ke-Li;YIN Shao-Qing;HUANG Xi-Ting   

  1. (1 School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China)
    (2 School of Primary Education, Chuxiong Normal University, Chuxiong 675000, China)
  • Received:2010-03-23 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2010-11-15 Published:2010-11-15
  • Contact: HUANG Xi-Ting

Abstract: Ethnic-racial socialization is a central component of parenting in ethnic-minority families in the USA, and it is used to refer the process through which parents transmit information regarding ethnicity and race to their children to help them accustom to society. Age and gender of children, as well as experience of discrimination of both parents and children, can all affect what and when parents choose to impart such information. So far creation of operation models of ethnic-racial socialization has successfully helped integrate into one category different aspects of related research, such as ethnic identity, self-esteem and youth outcome. This represents an important tendency in the academic agenda of ethnic-racial socialization.

Key words: ethnic socialization, racial socialization, ethnic identity, self-esteem