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RACIAL/ETHNIC IDENTITY SOCIALIZATION AS A METHOD OF
FOSTERING POSITIVE RACIAL/ETHNIC IDENTITY IN
ADOPTEES
by
Keyondria Bunch
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
EDUCATION (COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY)
May 2008
Copyright 2008 Keyondria Bunch
Object Description
| Title | Racial/ethnic identity socialization as a method of fostering positive racial/ethnic identity in adoptees |
| Author | Bunch, Keyondria |
| Author email | keyondrb@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Counseling Psychology) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-11-06 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Restricted until 5 Feb. 2010. |
| Date published | 2010-02-05 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Goodyear, Rodney K. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Brooks, Devon Stone, Gerald |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study was to examine how particular racial socialization strategies that parents use with Black adoptive children affect those children s racial identity. Specifically, 59 Black and 80 White American parents reported the extent to which they engaged in four categories of behavior with their adoptive children aged 11-15: (a) providing an emphasis upon Black history, tradition, and immersion into Black experiences; (b) emphasizing Black culture; (c) engaging in race-related dialogues with their children; and (d) living in integrated environments.; There was a significant between group difference in the use of the first two of these strategies, with Black parents engaged in them to a greater extent. For all parents, regardless of race, use of strategy 2 had positive effects, although these were differential by race of parent. Counter to prediction, for all parents, regardless of race, use of strategy 1 predicted higher levels of conflictual feelings about race among their children (as did the use of strategies 3 and 4 for African American parents, but not White). For White adoptive parents of Black children, living within an integrated environment predicted positively influence their child s sense of racial/ethnic identity.; This study s results are limited in that the parents reported both their own behavior and their perceptions of behaviors related to their children s racial identities that is, the observations were not independent. Moreover, it is likely that the same behavior (e.g., engaging in race-related behavior or living in an integrated neighborhood) would have different meaning to a Black child, depending on the parent s race. Nevertheless, the results provide useful information that adds to literature concerning the relationship between parental racial socialization strategies and the racial identity of their children. |
| Keyword | racial identity |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1007 |
| Rights | Bunch, Keyondria |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Bunch-20080205 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume35/etd-Bunch-20080205.pdf |
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| Full text | RACIAL/ETHNIC IDENTITY SOCIALIZATION AS A METHOD OF FOSTERING POSITIVE RACIAL/ETHNIC IDENTITY IN ADOPTEES by Keyondria Bunch A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY EDUCATION (COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY) May 2008 Copyright 2008 Keyondria Bunch |
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