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Unpacking complexities in ethnic–racial socialization in transracial adoptive families: A process-oriented transactional system

Development and psychopathology, 2021-05, Vol.33 (2), p.493-505 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press ;ISSN: 0954-5794 ;EISSN: 1469-2198 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0954579420001741 ;PMID: 33955344

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  • Title:
    Unpacking complexities in ethnic–racial socialization in transracial adoptive families: A process-oriented transactional system
  • Author: Pinderhughes, Ellen E. ; Matthews, Jessica A. K. ; Zhang, Xian ; Scott, Judith C.
  • Subjects: Adoption ; Adoptive families ; Children ; Children & youth ; Culture ; Ecological models ; Intellectual disabilities ; Parents & parenting ; Race ; Racial discrimination ; Racial identity ; Social policy ; Socialization ; Special Issue Article ; Vietnam War
  • Is Part Of: Development and psychopathology, 2021-05, Vol.33 (2), p.493-505
  • Description: Over 50% of adoptions are transracial, involving primarily White parents and children of color from different ethnic or racial backgrounds. Transracial adoptive (TRA) parents are tasked with providing ethnic–racial socialization processes (ERS) to support TRA adoptees’ ethnic–racial identity development and prepare them to cope with ethnic–racial discrimination. However, unlike nonadoptive families of color, TRA parents lack shared cultural history with adoptees and have limited experience navigating racial discrimination. Knowledge of ERS among TRA families has centered on unidirectional processes between parenting constructs, ERS processes, and children's functioning. However, ERS processes in this population have complexities and nuances that warrant more sensitive and robust conceptualization. This paper proposes a process-oriented dynamic ecological model of the system of ERS, situating transacting processes in and across multiple family levels (parent, adoptee, family) and incorporating developmental and contextual considerations. With its framing of the complexities in ERS among TRA families, the model offers three contributions: a conceptual organization of parenting constructs related to ERS, a more robust understanding of ERS processes that inform how parents provide ERS, and framing of transacting processes within and between parenting constructs, ERS processes, and children's functioning. Implications for research, policy, and practice are discussed.
  • Publisher: New York, USA: Cambridge University Press
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0954-5794
    EISSN: 1469-2198
    DOI: 10.1017/S0954579420001741
    PMID: 33955344
  • Source: ProQuest One Psychology
    ProQuest Central
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