Title | Processes Linking Social Class and Racial Socialization in African American Dual-Earner Families. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2008 |
Authors | Crouter, AC, Baril, ME, Chandler, KD, McHale, SM |
Journal | Journal of marriage and the family |
Volume | 70 |
Issue | 5 |
Pagination | 1311-1325 |
Date Published | 2008 Dec 1 |
Abstract | We examined the links between social class, occupational self-direction, self-efficacy, and racial socialization in a sample of 128 two-parent African American couples raising adolescents. A series of multivariate, multilevel models revealed that mothers' SES was connected to self-efficacy via its association with occupational self-direction; in turn, self-efficacy partially explained the association between occupational self-direction and racial socialization. The link between maternal self-efficacy and racial socialization depended on whether or not children had experienced discrimination. For fathers, a strong link between SES and occupational self-direction emerged, but significant associations were not found between occupational self-direction and self-efficacy, or self-efficacy and racial socialization. The discussion focuses on mother-father differences and the role of child effects in racial socialization. |
DOI | 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00568.x |