title: Cultural socialization as a moderator of friendships and social competence.
abstract: This study examined the direct and moderating role of cultural socialization in relation to same-race and cross-race friendships and social competence among Asian American late-adolescents (N = 146). We hypothesized that same-race and cross-race friendships would be uniquely associated with social competence, but that these associations would be moderated by cultural socialization practices targeting enculturation and preparation for bias. Using Pearson correlations, cross-race friendships were significantly correlated with social competence, whereas same-race friendships had a marginally significant relation. In moderator analyses, only preparation for bias was a significant moderator of cross-race friendships in relation to social competence. Specifically, for late-adolescents who reported a high level of preparation for bias, there was a positive relation between cross-race friendships and social competence. There were no significant interactions between same-race friendships and any dimension of cultural socialization in relation to social competence. The findings support the relevance of cultural socialization in Asian American late-adolescent social development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, Minneapolis, USA. tranx181@umn.edu
authors.forename: Alisia G T T
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001213:Asian; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D015146:Midwestern United States; D011822:Race Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D012919:Social Behavior; D012933:Social Identification; D012938:Social Perception; D012951:Socialization; D055815:Young Adult