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- Title
Trajectories of Perceived Discrimination among Chinese Rural-to-Urban Migrant Early Adolescents: Predictors and Outcomes.
- Authors
Cao, Juan; Xie, Mingjun; Lin, Danhua
- Abstract
Perceived discrimination is associated with poorer psychological adjustment and greater problem behaviors among rural-to-urban migrant adolescents. Yet, the predictors and the consequences of distinct changing patterns of perceived discrimination are less clear. The current study sought to identify distinct patterns of perceived discrimination trajectories and examine the developmental implications of these patterns among 385 Chinese rural-to-urban migrant early adolescents (Mage = 10.49, SDage = 0.69; 62% boys). Four distinct patterns of perceived discrimination trajectories, i.e., Low-stable (79.59%), Decreasing (9.08%), High-stable (6.11%), and Increasing (5.22%), were identified. Predictors including resilience, family support, peer support, and demographic characteristics (i.e., gender and school types) contributed to differences in pattern membership. Moreover, the Low-stable pattern exhibited more favorable distal outcomes (i.e., lower levels of social anxiety and loneliness and higher levels of self-esteem) than the other three patterns; the Decreasing group had lower levels of loneliness than the High-stable group. The findings extend the understanding of the predictors and consequences of perceived discrimination among rural-to-urban migrant early adolescents from a developmental perspective.
- Subjects
EMIGRATION &; immigration in China; PERCEIVED discrimination; SOCIAL support; PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience; BEHAVIOR disorders in adolescence; IMMIGRANTS; MENTAL depression; TEENAGERS' conduct of life
- Publication
Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 2022, Vol 51, Issue 5, p871
- ISSN
0047-2891
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10964-021-01546-5