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- Title
Perceived discrimination and the adjustment of African American youths: a five-year longitudinal analysis with contextual moderation effects.
- Authors
Brody, Gene H.; Chen, Yi‐Fu; Murry, Velma McBride; Ge, Xiaojia; Simons, Ronald L.; Gibbons, Frederick X.; Gerrard, Meg; Cutrona, Carolyn E.
- Abstract
Longitudinal links between perceived racial discrimination and later conduct problems and depressive symptoms were examined among 714 African American adolescents who were 10-12 years old at recruitment. Data were gathered 3 times over a 5-year period. Hypotheses were tested via latent curve modeling and multiple-group latent growth modeling. Increases in perceived discrimination were associated with increased conduct problems and depressive symptoms. This association was weaker when youths received nurturant-involved parenting, affiliated with prosocial friends, and performed well academically. For conduct problems, the association was stronger for boys than for girls; for depressive symptoms, no gender differences emerged. The findings thus identify contextual variables that moderate the contribution of perceived discrimination to African American youths' adjustment.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation in adolescence; AFRICAN American teenagers; ADOLESCENT psychology; RACE discrimination; MENTAL depression
- Publication
Child Development, 2006, Vol 77, Issue 5, p1170
- ISSN
0009-3920
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00927.x