Racial Socialization, Identity, and Adjustment in Black and Biracial Youth

• Ethnic Identity Development and its Association With Behavioral Functioning During Early Childhood
  Presented by: Catherine Anicama, Esther J. Calzada

• An Examination of Biracial Identity Development Using a Qualitative Research Design
  Presented by: Shannon Bert

• Racial Socialization, Identification, and Black-White Biracial Children’s Behavior Trajectories
  Presented by: Annamaria Csizmadia

Abstracts

Racial Socialization, Identity, and Adjustment in Black and Biracial Youth

Presented by: Catherine Anicama, Esther Calzada, Shannon Bert, Annamaria Csizmadia

This symposium examines ethnic identity, socialization, and adjustment among Black and part-Black youth. The first paper investigates ethnic identity, socialization, and behavior problems among Black and Afro-Caribbean elementary-age children. Using a cross-sectional qualitative design, the second paper investigates personal and contextual predictors of Black-White biracial youth's biracial identity development. The third paper uses growth modeling to study racial identification, cultural socialization, racial discussions, and Black-White children's internalizing and externalizing behavior trajectories K through 5^th grade. Together these papers highlight the dynamic interplay between ethno-racial identity, socialization practices, and adjustment in mono-and multiracial Black youth between the elementary and adult years.