ERIC Number: EJ743947
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 17
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Neighborhood Matters: Racial Socialization of African American Children
Caughy, Margaret O'Brien; Nettles, Saundra Murray; O'Campo, Patricia J.; Lohrfink, Kimberly Fraleigh
Child Development, v77 n5 p1220-1236 Sep-Oct 2006
Differences in racial socialization practices and their effects were examined in a sample of 241 African American 1st graders (average age 6.59 years) living in an urban area. Child outcomes included cognitive development, receptive language skills, and child problem behavior. The cultural environment of the home was associated with higher cognitive scores for boys living in high negative social climate and low social capital neighborhoods and for girls living in high social capital neighborhoods. The positive association of promotion of mistrust and child behavior problems was magnified in neighborhoods that had low levels of social capital. A high negative social climate in the neighborhood attenuated the positive association between preparation for bias/promotion of mistrust and externalizing problems.
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Socialization, Racial Differences, Grade 1, Urban Areas, Cognitive Development, Behavior Problems, Cultural Context, African American Children, Social Differences, Language Skills, Child Behavior, Social Environment, Social Capital, Family Environment, Correlation, Gender Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 1; Primary Education
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Language: English
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