New research from Dr. Dawn Witherspoon and Dr. Wei Wei: “Neighborhood-level predictors of African American and Latinx parents’ ethnic-racial socialization”
Few studies examine how neighborhood structural factors (e.g., socioeconomic status [SES] and diversity) and perceived disorder may influence the messages parents communicate to their youth about race/ethnicity. Guided by the integrative model and social disorganization theory, this study examines how parents' ethnic–racial socialization messages (ERS) are shaped by the broader environment. Click here to read more.
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