Coping with ethnic-racial discrimination: Protective-reactive effects of shift-and-persist coping on internalizing symptoms among Black American adolescents.

IF 4.6 2区 心理学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES
Cassidy Dal Santo, Ariane Desmarais, N Keita Christophe
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Ethnic-racial discrimination has pervasive negative effects on Black youth's mental health; therefore, it is crucial to identify factors that provide resilience against discrimination. Two promising factors to help youth cope are ethnic-racial identity (how one feels about their ethnicity/race) and shift-and-persist coping (reappraising and accepting an uncontrollable stressor while remaining optimistic about the future). While there is existing scholarship on ethnic-racial identity among Black youth, this work has not yet assessed the impacts of shift-and-persist in this population. Using a sample of 155 Black youth (ages 13-17), the current study examined the interplay between discrimination, ethnic-racial identity, shift-and-persist coping, and internalizing symptoms. Symptoms of depression and anxiety were positively associated with discrimination and negatively associated with shift-and-persist. Significant interactions between discrimination and shift-and-persist predicting both depressive and anxiety symptoms revealed significant negative associations between shift-and-persist and internalizing symptoms at low and average, but not high discrimination levels. Effects are, thus, protective-reactive; the protective effects of shift-and-persist are not significant for youth facing high levels of discrimination. Ethnic-racial identity, surprisingly, was not significantly associated with either depressive or anxiety symptoms, nor did it interact with shift-and-persist as it has in studies of Latinx youth. By understanding the protective benefits of shift-and-persist and ethnic-racial identity in Black youth, during a pivotal period for mental health, we can provide this growing population with tools to lessen the maladaptive outcomes associated with discrimination.

应对民族-种族歧视:在美国黑人青少年中,转变和坚持应对对内化症状的保护-反应效应。
族裔--种族歧视对黑人青年的心理健康具有普遍的负面影响;因此,确定能够提供抵御歧视能力的因素至关重要。帮助青少年应对的两个有希望的因素是民族-种族认同(一个人对其民族/种族的感觉)和转变-坚持应对(重新评估和接受无法控制的压力,同时对未来保持乐观)。虽然目前已有关于黑人青年民族-种族认同的学术研究,但这项工作尚未评估转变和坚持对这一人群的影响。本研究以 155 名黑人青年(13-17 岁)为样本,考察了歧视、民族-种族认同、转变和坚持应对以及内化症状之间的相互作用。抑郁和焦虑症状与歧视呈正相关,而与转变和坚持呈负相关。歧视与转变和坚持对抑郁和焦虑症状的预测之间存在显著的交互作用,这表明在低度和中度歧视水平下,转变和坚持与内化症状之间存在显著的负相关,而在高度歧视水平下则没有。因此,这种效应是保护-反应性的;对于面临严重歧视的青少年来说,转变和坚持的保护效应并不明显。令人惊讶的是,民族-种族认同与抑郁症状或焦虑症状都没有明显的关联,也没有像对拉美裔青少年的研究那样与 "轮班和坚持 "产生相互作用。在黑人青年心理健康的关键时期,通过了解转变和坚持以及民族-种族认同对他们的保护作用,我们可以为这一日益增长的人群提供工具,减少与歧视相关的不良后果。
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期刊介绍: Multidisciplinary and international in scope, the Journal of Research on Adolescence (JRA) significantly advances knowledge in the field of adolescent research. Employing a diverse array of methodologies, this compelling journal publishes original research and integrative reviews of the highest level of scholarship. Featured studies include both quantitative and qualitative methodologies applied to cognitive, physical, emotional, and social development and behavior. Articles pertinent to the variety of developmental patterns inherent throughout adolescence are featured, including cross-national and cross-cultural studies. Attention is given to normative patterns of behavior as well as individual differences rooted in personal or social and cultural factors.
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