Research has indicated that racial discrimination places African Americans at risk for psychological distress, in which they experience low levels of well-being. Yet many African Americans are resilient, or have preserved well-being, when faced with this adversity. Using a strength-based approach, this study determined whether racial socialization messages preserved African Americans’ resilienc...

Racial socialization messages were examined within a particular ecological niche: two-parent, African American families with a child in early adolescence. The linkage between mothers’provision of racial socialization messages and family process components (e.g., communication, warmth, negativity, child monitoring, and involvement) of the mother/child relationship was examined. Sixty-six African...

Research in organizational socialization has primarily focused on newcomers who first entering an organization or taking a new job while the definition of organizational socialization has never been limited to complete newcomers but to all employees going through their career passages. Therefore, this paper attempts to draw attention upon incumbent newcomers who are not new to the organization ...

Broadly, socialization refers to the process by which youth are helped to acquire the skills necessary to function competently and successfully as members of their social group or culture. Much of the theorizing and psychological research on socialization has focused on early and middle childhood because, depending on one’s theoretical predilections, this is when children are seen as most malle...

SUMMARY. Chinese family and marriage strengths and challenges are delineated in this article, including equity in marriage, affection, the ability to adapt to changes, mutual trust, compatibility, harmony, and family support. Despite the fact that Chinese households are getting smaller as a result of governmental policy and the broadening of housing markets, families remain crucial support netw...

Schools become one of the secondary socialization agents that children get. Unfortunately, schools are a place is prone to sexual violence. Therefore, it necessary socialize prevention violence in so safe spaces for continue their education. This activity beneficial raise awareness importance preventing Service activities were conducted using counselling and focused group discussions—the at Sta...