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African American Resiliency And Perceived Racial Discrimination: Examining The Moderating Effects Of Racial Socialization

Brown, Danice La-Rae
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1213713306

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2008, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Psychology.
Racial discrimination continues to influence the lives of minorities, and society as a whole. Racial inequality has been linked to negative social, physical, and mental outcomes for many African Americans. As a result, researchers have begun to explore the protective power of racial socialization and other culture practices of African Americans that may aid them in overcoming adversity (i.e., resilience). The present study examined whether racial socialization moderated the relationship between racial discrimination and resiliency. Measures of racial discrimination, racial socialization, resiliency, and socially, desirable responding were administered to 304 African American adults affiliated with a large Midwestern university. Using hierarchical moderated regression, it was found that racial socialization buffered the relationship between racial discrimination and resiliency. For participants low in racial socialization messages perceived racist events were negatively related to resiliency. However, for individuals high in racial socialization messages, perceived racist events were not related to resiliency. Additionally, factor analyses were conducted on Stevenson and colleagues (2002) Teenager Experience of Racial Socialization scale to examine the validity of its factor structure with an adult population. These results are discussed in detail herein.
Pamela Highlen, PhD (Advisor)
Nancy Betz, PhD (Committee Member)
Tracy Tylka, PhD (Committee Member)
107 p.
African Americans; Psychology
Racial Socialization; Resiliency; Racial Discrimination

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  • Brown, D. L.-R. (2008). African American Resiliency And Perceived Racial Discrimination: Examining The Moderating Effects Of Racial Socialization [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1213713306

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Brown, Danice. African American Resiliency And Perceived Racial Discrimination: Examining The Moderating Effects Of Racial Socialization. 2008. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1213713306.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Brown, Danice. "African American Resiliency And Perceived Racial Discrimination: Examining The Moderating Effects Of Racial Socialization." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1213713306

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