title: The Protective Effect of Adult Mental Health Upon the Utilization of Racial Socialization Parenting Practices.
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of parental mental health and types of racial socialization. The sample consisted of 169 African-American parents and their children (ages 9-11) who participated in a federally funded research project, "Knowledge about the African American Research Experience" (KAARE). Bivariate analyses revealed significant positive relationships between parent mental health status and two forms of racial socialization: spiritual/religious coping, and racial awareness teaching, while multivariate analyses supported the positive association between parental mental health and spiritual/religious coping. These results suggest that parental characteristics may influence the use of specific types of racial socialization to assist youth in coping with discriminatory societal messages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York.
authors.forename: Mary A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cavaleri
authors.forename: William M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Bannon
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: Mary M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: McKay