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Cultural Orientation, Racial-Ethnic Socialization, and Youth Adjustment Outcomes: Test of a Path Model With Asian American Parents

Sei Eun Kim ORCID Annie Fanta William Tsai Cindy Y. Huang
Journal of Family Issues Vol. 45 No. 12 pp. 3084-3107 · SAGE Publications
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Abstract
This study investigated how Asian American parents’ cultural orientation related to domains of racial-ethnic socialization (RES) and child internalizing and externalizing problems. The sample included 159 Asian American parents (Mage= 40.97 years; range = 25-33 years). Findings revealed that parent acculturation and enculturation levels were significantly associated with the child’s internalizing and externalizing problems through RES. These findings suggest that parents who were more acculturated to mainstream American culture were less likely to send messages about avoiding racial/ethnic groups, which in turn was associated with less child internalizing problems. Conversely, parents more enculturated to their culture of origin were more likely to send messages that included avoidance of outgroups, which was then linked to the child’s externalizing problems. The study provides important implications for how parents’ cultural orientations are reflected in their RES messages to their children, and the impact of these messages on child emotional and behavioral outcomes.
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Published
Feb 27, 2024
Vol/Issue
45(12)
Pages
3084-3107
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Authors
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Sei Eun Kim

Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA

A
Annie Fanta

Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

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William Tsai

New York University, New York, NY, USA

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Cindy Y. Huang

Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

Cite This Article
Sei Eun Kim, Annie Fanta, William Tsai, et al. (2024). Cultural Orientation, Racial-Ethnic Socialization, and Youth Adjustment Outcomes: Test of a Path Model With Asian American Parents. Journal of Family Issues, 45(12), 3084-3107. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513x241236542
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