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Racial/Ethnic Variation in Parenting Styles: The Experience of Multiracial Adolescents

House, Amanda N.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1320162825

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2011, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Sociology.
According to the 2009 American Community Survey, 2.4% of the U.S. population consists of individuals who identify as two or more races, or multiracial. Nearly half of this estimate captures children under the age of 18, and the multiracial population continues to grow. There is previous literature on racial identification and friendship networks among multiracials, though little attention has been paid to the family experiences of multiracial children and adolescents. Adolescence is often a difficult life stage, and multiracial adolescents may face more adversity than monoracial adolescents with added identity concerns. Parents may react to these unique challenges by adjusting their parenting behaviors. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (n = 13,395), the present study examines parenting behaviors and parenting styles among monoracial and multiracial adolescents and extends this research by further dissecting the multiracial group. Results show that among levels of parental warmth, there are no significant differences between monoracial and multiracial adolescents. However, on average, Black adolescents report higher levels of parental control than multiracial adolescents. Among multiracial adolescents, no significant differences were found between multiracial White and multiracial non-White adolescents, or between multiracial Black and multiracial non-Black adolescents, with respect to levels of parental warmth or parental control. Results also show that Asian adolescents are more likely than multiracial adolescents to experience authoritarian parenting than to experience authoritative parenting. Among the multiracial group, multiracial White adolescents are more likely than multiracial non-White adolescents to experience neglectful parenting than to experience authoritative parenting. No significant racial differences were found between multiracial Black and multiracial non-Black adolescents with respect to parenting styles.
Susan L. Brown, PhD (Advisor)
Kara Joyner, PhD (Committee Member)
Kei Nomaguchi, PhD (Committee Member)
57 p.
Sociology
multiracial; mixed race; adolescents; adolescence; Add Health; parenting; parenting styles; parenting behaviors; warmth; control; family sociology

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  • House, A. N. (2011). Racial/Ethnic Variation in Parenting Styles: The Experience of Multiracial Adolescents [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1320162825

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • House, Amanda. Racial/Ethnic Variation in Parenting Styles: The Experience of Multiracial Adolescents. 2011. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1320162825.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • House, Amanda. "Racial/Ethnic Variation in Parenting Styles: The Experience of Multiracial Adolescents." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1320162825

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