Race and Anti-Racist Online Coping as Moderators of College Adjustment Associated with Exposure to Social Media Racism among Asian, Black, and Hispanic/Latine Students

IF 3.7 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Journal of Youth and Adolescence Pub Date : 2025-04-02 DOI:10.1007/s10964-025-02177-w

Yea Won Park, Xiangyu Tao, Celia B. Fisher

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Abstract

With the rise of social media, racism in the digital landscape has become ubiquitous potentially impacting the academic adjustment of college students of color. The role of anti-racist online coping strategies, such as seeking resources, support, and actively managing social networks in mitigating the negative effects of online racism has been understudied. Racial group differences and anti-racist online coping were examined as moderators between online discrimination and college adjustment among Asian, Black and Hispanic/Latine college students. The sample consisted of 772 emerging adults of color (M_age = 20.37, SD = 1.56, 44.8% women; 32.4% Asian, 35% Black, 32.6% Hispanic/Latine). Overall, average and high coping levels moderated the association between discrimination and college adjustment, but the protective effect varied by race and domain of adjustment. Across educational, relational and psychological dimensions of adjustment, protective effects of anti-racist online coping were stronger among Asian students, partially effective for Black students, and least effective for Hispanic/Latine students, and psychological adjustment was most vulnerable. These findings underscore the importance of understanding how students of color experience and take part in the digital landscape and providing institutional supports that help students effectively utilize anti-racist online strategies to mitigate the adverse effects of social media racism on their adjustment to college.

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种族和反种族主义在线应对是亚裔、黑人和西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生大学适应与社交媒体种族主义暴露相关的调节因素

随着社交媒体的兴起，数字领域的种族主义已经无处不在，可能会影响有色人种大学生的学业适应。反种族主义网络应对策略，如寻求资源、支持和积极管理社交网络，在减轻网络种族主义负面影响中的作用尚未得到充分研究。在亚裔、黑人和拉美裔大学生中，种族群体差异和反种族主义网络应对作为网络歧视与大学适应之间的调节因素。样本包括772名有色人种初生成人(Mage = 20.37, SD = 1.56，女性44.8%；32.4%亚洲人，35%黑人，32.6%西班牙/拉丁人)。总体而言，平均和高应对水平调节了歧视与大学适应之间的关系，但保护作用因种族和适应领域而异。在教育、关系和心理适应维度上，反种族主义在线应对的保护作用在亚洲学生中更强，对黑人学生部分有效，对西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生最不有效，心理适应最脆弱。这些发现强调了了解有色人种学生如何体验和参与数字环境的重要性，并提供机构支持，帮助学生有效地利用反种族主义在线策略，减轻社交媒体种族主义对他们适应大学生活的不利影响。

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Journal of Youth and Adolescence PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

CiteScore

8.20

自引率

6.10%

发文量

155

期刊介绍： Journal of Youth and Adolescence provides a single, high-level medium of communication for psychologists, psychiatrists, biologists, criminologists, educators, and researchers in many other allied disciplines who address the subject of youth and adolescence. The journal publishes quantitative analyses, theoretical papers, and comprehensive review articles. The journal especially welcomes empirically rigorous papers that take policy implications seriously. Research need not have been designed to address policy needs, but manuscripts must address implications for the manner society formally (e.g., through laws, policies or regulations) or informally (e.g., through parents, peers, and social institutions) responds to the period of youth and adolescence.