An Exploratory Study of Socialization Effects on Black Children: Some Black-White Comparisons

BAUMRIND, DIANA. An Exploratory Study of Socialization Effects on Black Children: Some Black-White Comparisons. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1972, 43, 261-267. In a recent study of current patterns of parental authority and their effects on the behavior of preschool children, the data for the 16 black children and their families were analyzed separately since it was thought that the effect of a given pattern of parental variables might be affected by the larger social context in which the family operates. The major conclusion from this exploratory analysis was that if the black families were viewed by white norms they appeared authoritarian, but that, unlike their white counterparts, the most authoritarian of these families produced the most selfassertive and independent girls.