Adolescents' Race Consciousness Strengthens Broader Awareness of Societal Inequality

IF 3.9 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Child development Pub Date : 2025-04-24 DOI:10.1111/cdev.14254

Elena Maker Castro, Laura Wray-Lake, Jason A. Plummer

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Abstract

This study examined bidirectional changes in adolescents' awareness of inequality and race consciousness between 2017 and 2018 in the USA and whether discriminatory experiences informed developmental pathways. The sample (N = 2645; M_age = 14.6, SD = 2.14; 56.5% female; > 0.01% transgender and gender diverse) was White (35.8%), Latinx (31.4%), multiple racial and ethnic groups (13.5%), Black (7.3%), and Asian (5.2%). Race consciousness predicted changes in awareness of inequality (B = 0.31, p < 0.001); awareness of inequality did not predict changes in race consciousness. Social locations and experiences of gender and racial discrimination informed pathways. Providing adolescents with opportunities to explore race and racism may help them reflect on how society is organized in systemically inequitable ways.

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青少年的种族意识增强了对社会不平等的广泛认识

本研究考察了2017年至2018年间美国青少年对不平等的认识和种族意识的双向变化，以及歧视经历是否影响了青少年的发展路径。样本（N = 2645；Mage = 14.6，SD = 2.14；56.5%为女性；> 0.01%为跨性别者和性别多元化者）为白人（35.8%）、拉丁裔（31.4%）、多种族和民族群体（13.5%）、黑人（7.3%）和亚裔（5.2%）。种族意识可以预测不平等意识的变化（B = 0.31，p < 0.001）；不平等意识不能预测种族意识的变化。社会位置以及性别和种族歧视的经历为青少年的成长提供了途径。为青少年提供探索种族和种族主义的机会，可以帮助他们反思社会是如何以系统性的不平等方式组织起来的。

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Child development Multiple-

CiteScore

9.20

自引率

4.30%

发文量

149

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