The goal of this study was to examine whether, in African American families with adolescents, the associations between adolescents’ racial discrimination experiences and adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors differed based on involved-vigilant parenting and the genders of the parent and child. The sample included 567 African American parents of adolescents who completed an online survey on parenting, race-related stressors, and adolescent outcomes. Path analyses examining main effects and the interaction between adolescents’ racial discrimination experiences, as reported by the parent, and involved-vigilant parenting were conducted in MPlus 8.2. Multigroup analyses by the gender pairing of the parent and target child were also conducted. Adolescent racial discrimination experiences were positively related to internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors. Multigroup analyses indicated that high maternal involved-vigilant parenting buffered the association between girls’ racial discrimination experiences and problem behaviors whereas high paternal involved-vigilant parenting buffered the association between boys’ racial discrimination experiences and problem behaviors. Overall, the results indicated that when adolescents experienced high levels of racial discrimination, involved vigilant parenting was protective for problem behaviors when received from same gender parents. Involved-vigilant parenting was compensatory when received from cross-gender parents.

本研究的目的是检验在有青少年的非裔美国家庭中，青少年的种族歧视经历与青少年内化和外化问题行为之间的关联是否因参与警惕的养育方式以及父母和孩子的性别而有所不同。该样本包括 567 名青少年的非裔美国父母，他们完成了一项关于养育子女、种族相关压力源和青少年结局的在线调查。 MPlus 8.2 中进行了路径分析，检验了父母报告的青少年种族歧视经历与参与警惕的养育方式之间的主要影响和相互作用。还根据父母和目标孩子的性别配对进行了多组分析。青少年种族歧视经历与问题行为的内化和外化呈正相关。多组分析表明，母亲高度参与警惕的养育方式缓冲了女孩种族歧视经历与问题行为之间的关联，而父亲高度参与警惕的养育方式缓冲了男孩种族歧视经历与问题行为之间的关联。总体而言，结果表明，当青少年经历高度种族歧视时，警惕的养育方式可以保护他们免受来自同性父母的问题行为的影响。当来自跨性别父母时，参与式警惕的养育是补偿性的。