Brief report: Contextual predictors of African American adolescents' ethnic-racial identity affirmation-belonging and resistance to peer pressure.
The current study examined whether contextual factors (i.e., familial cultural socialization, percentage of same-ethnicity friends in high school, and neighborhood ethnic-racial composition) predicted ethnic-racial identity affirmation-belonging and, in turn, resistance to peer pressure to engage in problem behavior. Participants were 250 African American adolescents (M age = 15.57 years; SD = 1.22). Consistent with ecological theory, findings indicated that familial cultural socialization and percentage of same-ethnicity friends predicted greater ethnic-racial identity affirmation-belonging. Furthermore, consistent with notions from social identity theory, youth who reported higher ethnic-racial identity affirmation-belonging also reported greater resistance to peer pressure. Findings highlight the significance of the family and school context, as well as the importance of ethnic-racial identity affirmation-belonging, for African American youths' positive development.
Arizona State University, USA. Electronic address: cderlan@asu.edu.
Chelsea L
CL
Derlan
Arizona State University, USA.
Adriana J
AJ
Umaña-Taylor
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D041923:Adolescent Development; D001741:Black or African American / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000067074:Peer Influence; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012649:Self Concept; D012933:Social Identification; D012938:Social Perception
Adjustment; Adolescents; African American/Black; Cultural/ethnic/racial socialization; Ethnic/racial identity; Same-ethnicity/same-race friends