College Honors Program

Date of Creation

Spring 5-14-2026

Degree Type

Thesis

Department

Psychology

First Advisor

Donna Demanarig

Abstract

Few studies in the field of psychology have investigated how anti-racist and anti-colonial parenting styles are practiced, especially within the Asian American community. The current study aims to investigate how anti-colonial and anti-racist parenting practices are explicitly manifested and their relationship with mental health in Asian American communities. This study concludes by proposing new directions in literature and exploring how anti-colonial approaches can support positive mental health outcomes in children and adolescents. By borrowing questions from the California Department of Education Parent Engagement Module Series and developing new items tailored to our participants’ demographics, we found that the majority (n = 40) of participants endorsed an authoritative parenting style. Themes from the self-response questions revealed that participants exhibited characteristics of all Six Building Blocks of Anti-racist Parenting by Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs: continuous education, consistent conversations, reflective media, intentional environment, parent/caregiver modeling, and community action. Further research on this topic should be conducted in the form of interviews, perhaps drawing from the anti-colonial approach in using Kuwentuhan in Filipinx psychology as a methodology.

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Reader: Carmen Alvaro Jarrin

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