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Family Socialization and the Ethnic Identity of Mexican-American Children

Arizona State University

Martha E. Bernal

Arizona State University

Camille A. Garza

Arizona State University

Marya K. Cota

Arizona State University

Katheryn A. Ocampo

Arizona State University

This research focused on the role of the ethnic family background and ethnic socialization in the social cognitive development of ethnic identity in Mexican-American children. Aspects of a theoretical model of the socialization of ethnic identity were tested in forty-five 6- to 10-year-old children and their mothers. Individually administered scales assessed parental generation of migration; parental education; mothers' cultural orientation; mothers' teaching about Mexican culture, ethnic pride, and discrimination; Mexican objects in the home; and children's ethnic identity. As predicted, the socialization indices functioned as a mediator of the influence of ethnic family background on their children's ethnic identity.

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 24, No. 1, 99-114 (1993)
DOI: 10.1177/0022022193241007


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