Matthew Grindal
Biographic Data
| ID | 240476 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Grindal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Grindal |
| SIGNATURE | GRINDAL M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Idaho |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7152-8847 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Ethnic-Racial Socialization and Far-Right Support Among White Young Adults
The contemporary rise in the far right, marked by strong nationalist sentiments, xenophobia, and derogation of racial outgroups, necessitates an understanding of what drives individuals toward these views. Despite extensive research on personality and demographic factors influencing far-right support, the role of ethnic-racial socialization (ERS) remains under-explored, particularly in white families. Using a national sample of white young adults…
Ethnic-Racial Socialization in White American Families and Young Adult Political Attitudes
The United States is in a time of reckoning with whiteness. Despite white people benefiting from a disproportionate amount of power at every level of government, a significant racial wealth gap, preferential treatment in the legal system, and a rise in white supremacy, "colorblind" critics continue to argue against the relevance of race in a purportedly post-racial society. We assert that parents' ethnic-racial socialization (ERS) of their childr…
Gender and substance use among Latinx college students
Social structure social learning theory (SSSL) is a theoretical framework that has been used to understand gender differences in substance use. However, the Latinx community remains understudied in this body of research. Drawing on a Latinx college student sample, we tested the extent to which four social learning mechanisms specified by SSSL theory (positive definitions, neutralizing definitions, differential association, and differential reinfo…
White Racial Identity and Its Link to Support for Far-Right Groups
Prior research indicates that far-right political groups tend to be disproportionately composed of and supported by white people. Drawing off the group identity and developmental literature, we add theoretical clarity to this relationship. We argue that a salient white racial identity motivates people to explore social contexts that affirm the value of being white. Many of these contexts (e.g., conservative media) reinforce and instill beliefs in…
Ethnic Identity Achievement, Identity Verification, and Self-worth
Climate skeptics’ identity construction and (Dis)trust in science in the United States
In this paper we argue that climate change skepticism is an opinion-based social identity rooted in subjectively perceived marginality and exclusion from climate science. We use 33 interviews conducted with climate skeptics in Idaho and scholarship on social identity theory to examine identity construction among skeptics. Skeptics construct themselves as open-minded truth-seeking questioners of climate change and social outsiders who face ostraci…
A Theoretical Examination of Immigrant Status and Substance Use among Latino College Students
Drawing on survey data from a sample of Latino college students, we examine the generalizability of social learning theory, general strain theory, social bond theory, and self-control theory to a Latino population and consider how these four theories can elaborate on the relationship between immigrant status and substance use. We find that social learning and general strain provide the most robust explanations of substance use across four outcome…
Ethnic-Racial Socialization, Social Bonds, and College Student Substance Use
Using survey data from a diverse college student sample (N = 1,728), this study tested how three types of parental ethnic-racial socialization received during the respondents' youth were indirectly associated with substance use through their impact on the development of social bonds. Cultural socialization and preparation for bias messages indirectly decreased substance use, while promotion of mistrust messages indirectly increased substance use.…
Reconsidering the 'Acculturation Gap' Narrative Through an Analysis of Parent-Adolescent Acculturation Differences in Mexican American Families
Using a sample of 193 Mexican American adolescents ( M age at Wave 1 = 14 years) and three waves of data over 2 years, this study longitudinally examined the effects of parent-youth acculturation differences, relative to no differences, on parent-adolescent relationship quality and youth problem behavior. We examined parent-youth differences in overall acculturation, Mexican acculturation, and American acculturation. We differentiated between cas…
The relationship between ethnic-racial socialization and adolescent substance use
The presence of parental socialization messages relevant to a child's race/ethnicity--ethnic-racial socialization (ERS)--have been found to be an important predictor of developmental outcomes. However, scholars have recently called for greater theoretical clarification, citing the need for better understanding of how the effects of ethnic-racial socialization messages differ by dimension and what causal mechanisms underlie this relationship. Usin…
An Examination of Ethnic Identity and Academic Performance
The relationship between ethnic-racial socialization and adolescent substance use
The presence of parental socialization messages relevant to a child's race/ethnicity--ethnic-racial socialization (ERS)--have been found to be an important predictor of developmental outcomes. However, scholars have recently called for greater theoretical clarification, citing the need for better understanding of how the effects of ethnic-racial socialization messages differ by dimension and what causal mechanisms underlie this relationship. Usin…
An Examination of Ethnic Identity and Academic Performance
Ethnic-Racial Socialization, Social Bonds, and College Student Substance Use
Using survey data from a diverse college student sample (N = 1,728), this study tested how three types of parental ethnic-racial socialization received during the respondents' youth were indirectly associated with substance use through their impact on the development of social bonds. Cultural socialization and preparation for bias messages indirectly decreased substance use, while promotion of mistrust messages indirectly increased substance use.…
White Racial Identity and Its Link to Support for Far-Right Groups
Prior research indicates that far-right political groups tend to be disproportionately composed of and supported by white people. Drawing off the group identity and developmental literature, we add theoretical clarity to this relationship. We argue that a salient white racial identity motivates people to explore social contexts that affirm the value of being white. Many of these contexts (e.g., conservative media) reinforce and instill beliefs in…
Reconsidering the 'Acculturation Gap' Narrative Through an Analysis of Parent-Adolescent Acculturation Differences in Mexican American Families
Using a sample of 193 Mexican American adolescents ( M age at Wave 1 = 14 years) and three waves of data over 2 years, this study longitudinally examined the effects of parent-youth acculturation differences, relative to no differences, on parent-adolescent relationship quality and youth problem behavior. We examined parent-youth differences in overall acculturation, Mexican acculturation, and American acculturation. We differentiated between cas…
Ethnic-Racial Socialization in White American Families and Young Adult Political Attitudes
The United States is in a time of reckoning with whiteness. Despite white people benefiting from a disproportionate amount of power at every level of government, a significant racial wealth gap, preferential treatment in the legal system, and a rise in white supremacy, "colorblind" critics continue to argue against the relevance of race in a purportedly post-racial society. We assert that parents' ethnic-racial socialization (ERS) of their childr…
Climate skeptics’ identity construction and (Dis)trust in science in the United States
In this paper we argue that climate change skepticism is an opinion-based social identity rooted in subjectively perceived marginality and exclusion from climate science. We use 33 interviews conducted with climate skeptics in Idaho and scholarship on social identity theory to examine identity construction among skeptics. Skeptics construct themselves as open-minded truth-seeking questioners of climate change and social outsiders who face ostraci…
A Theoretical Examination of Immigrant Status and Substance Use among Latino College Students
Drawing on survey data from a sample of Latino college students, we examine the generalizability of social learning theory, general strain theory, social bond theory, and self-control theory to a Latino population and consider how these four theories can elaborate on the relationship between immigrant status and substance use. We find that social learning and general strain provide the most robust explanations of substance use across four outcome…
The relationship between ethnic-racial socialization and adolescent substance use
The presence of parental socialization messages relevant to a child's race/ethnicity--ethnic-racial socialization (ERS)--have been found to be an important predictor of developmental outcomes. However, scholars have recently called for greater theoretical clarification, citing the need for better understanding of how the effects of ethnic-racial socialization messages differ by dimension and what causal mechanisms underlie this relationship. Usin…
An Examination of Ethnic Identity and Academic Performance
Reconsidering the 'Acculturation Gap' Narrative Through an Analysis of Parent-Adolescent Acculturation Differences in Mexican American Families
Using a sample of 193 Mexican American adolescents ( M age at Wave 1 = 14 years) and three waves of data over 2 years, this study longitudinally examined the effects of parent-youth acculturation differences, relative to no differences, on parent-adolescent relationship quality and youth problem behavior. We examined parent-youth differences in overall acculturation, Mexican acculturation, and American acculturation. We differentiated between cas…
Ethnic-Racial Socialization, Social Bonds, and College Student Substance Use
Using survey data from a diverse college student sample (N = 1,728), this study tested how three types of parental ethnic-racial socialization received during the respondents' youth were indirectly associated with substance use through their impact on the development of social bonds. Cultural socialization and preparation for bias messages indirectly decreased substance use, while promotion of mistrust messages indirectly increased substance use.…
A Theoretical Examination of Immigrant Status and Substance Use among Latino College Students
Drawing on survey data from a sample of Latino college students, we examine the generalizability of social learning theory, general strain theory, social bond theory, and self-control theory to a Latino population and consider how these four theories can elaborate on the relationship between immigrant status and substance use. We find that social learning and general strain provide the most robust explanations of substance use across four outcome…
Ethnic Identity Achievement, Identity Verification, and Self-worth
Climate skeptics’ identity construction and (Dis)trust in science in the United States
In this paper we argue that climate change skepticism is an opinion-based social identity rooted in subjectively perceived marginality and exclusion from climate science. We use 33 interviews conducted with climate skeptics in Idaho and scholarship on social identity theory to examine identity construction among skeptics. Skeptics construct themselves as open-minded truth-seeking questioners of climate change and social outsiders who face ostraci…
Gender and substance use among Latinx college students
Social structure social learning theory (SSSL) is a theoretical framework that has been used to understand gender differences in substance use. However, the Latinx community remains understudied in this body of research. Drawing on a Latinx college student sample, we tested the extent to which four social learning mechanisms specified by SSSL theory (positive definitions, neutralizing definitions, differential association, and differential reinfo…
White Racial Identity and Its Link to Support for Far-Right Groups
Prior research indicates that far-right political groups tend to be disproportionately composed of and supported by white people. Drawing off the group identity and developmental literature, we add theoretical clarity to this relationship. We argue that a salient white racial identity motivates people to explore social contexts that affirm the value of being white. Many of these contexts (e.g., conservative media) reinforce and instill beliefs in…
Ethnic-Racial Socialization in White American Families and Young Adult Political Attitudes
The United States is in a time of reckoning with whiteness. Despite white people benefiting from a disproportionate amount of power at every level of government, a significant racial wealth gap, preferential treatment in the legal system, and a rise in white supremacy, "colorblind" critics continue to argue against the relevance of race in a purportedly post-racial society. We assert that parents' ethnic-racial socialization (ERS) of their childr…
Ethnic-Racial Socialization and Far-Right Support Among White Young Adults
The contemporary rise in the far right, marked by strong nationalist sentiments, xenophobia, and derogation of racial outgroups, necessitates an understanding of what drives individuals toward these views. Despite extensive research on personality and demographic factors influencing far-right support, the role of ethnic-racial socialization (ERS) remains under-explored, particularly in white families. Using a national sample of white young adults…
Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (8 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Ethnic group (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Socialization (5 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 works)