This study examined thematic patterns of parents’ engaged coping messages in response to their adolescents’ negative race-based experiences. Ten focus groups were conducted with 73 Black parents from a Southeastern city (73% female). Using modified grounded theory, narratives that supported adolescent engaged coping were coded for three ethnic-racial socialization messages, the perpetrator, and the setting, followed by inductive (open) coding. The majority of experiences were school-related. Themes were informed by parents’ critical engagement, ethnic-racial socialization, and engaged racial coping. Findings revealed that parents advised a repertoire of engaged coping strategies, from actively confronting interpersonal perpetrators (e.g., peers), to critically engaging with institutional perpetrators. Strategies to develop adolescents’ critical reflection and anti-racism actions to dismantle racism across contexts are discussed.

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对青少年消极种族化经历的参与应对反应

这项研究调查了父母参与应对信息的主题模式，以回应他们的青少年基于种族的负面经历。与来自东南部城市的 73 名黑人父母（73% 为女性）进行了 10 个焦点小组。使用改良的扎根理论，支持青少年参与应对的叙述被编码为三个种族-种族社会化信息、犯罪者和环境，然后是归纳（开放）编码。大多数经历与学校有关。主题是由父母的批判性参与、种族社会化和参与的种族应对来决定的。调查结果显示，父母建议采取一系列参与的应对策略，从积极面对人际关系犯罪者（例如，同龄人）到批判性地与机构犯罪者互动。