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- Title
Association Between Perceived Discrimination and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Problem Behaviors Among Preadolescent Youths.
- Authors
Bogart, Laura M.; Elliott, Marc N.; Kanouse, David E.; Klein, David J.; Davies, Susan L.; Cuccaro, Paula M.; Banspach, Stephen W.; Peskin, Melissa F.; Schuster, Mark A.
- Abstract
Objectives. We examined the contribution of perceived racial/ethnic discrimination to disparities in problem behaviors among preadolescent Black, Latino, and White youths. Methods. We used cross-sectional data from Healthy Passages, a 3-community study of 5119 fifth graders and their parents from August 2004 through September 2006 in Birmingham, Alabama; Los Angeles County, California; and Houston, Texas. We used multivariate regressions to examine the relationships of perceived racial/ethnic discrimination and race/ethnicity to problem behaviors. We used values from these regressions to calculate the percentage of disparities in problem behaviors associated with the discrimination effect. Results. In multivariate models, perceived discrimination was associated with greater problem behaviors among Black and Latino youths. Compared with Whites, Blacks were significantly more likely to report problem behaviors, whereas Latinos were significantly less likely (a "reverse disparity"). When we set Blacks' and Latinos' discrimination experiences to zero, the adjusted disparity between Blacks and Whites was reduced by an estimated one third to two thirds; the reverse adjusted disparity favoring Latinos widened by about one fifth to one half. Conclusions. Eliminating discrimination could considerably reduce mental health issues, including problem behaviors, among Black and Latino youths.
- Subjects
UNITED States; RESEARCH; SCHOOL children; BEHAVIOR disorders in children; AGGRESSION (Psychology); BLACK people; COMPARATIVE studies; COMPUTER simulation; STATISTICAL correlation; DISCRIMINATION (Sociology); ETHNIC groups; HISPANIC Americans; JUVENILE delinquency; MEDICAL cooperation; RACE; RESEARCH funding; VIOLENCE; WHITE people; MULTIPLE regression analysis; SECONDARY analysis; HEALTH equity; CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2013, Vol 103, Issue 6, p1074
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2012.301073