The impact of social media ethnic discrimination on depressive symptoms in Hispanic emerging adults: The role of psychosocial factors.

IF 1.5 4区医学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of American College Health Pub Date : 2025-07-17 DOI:10.1080/07448481.2025.2530468

Deidre A Okeke, Gladys E Ibañez, Zoran Bursac, Diana M Sheehan, Stacy L Frazier, Lea Nehme Kotocavage, Marcel A de Dios, Michael J Zvolensky, Alejandra Fernandez, Sarah E Messiah, Miguel Ángel Cano

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Abstract

Objective: To examine whether psychosocial factors (self-esteem, anger, negative core beliefs, social alienation) mediate the relationship between social media-based ethnic discrimination and depressive symptoms among Hispanic emerging adults.

Participants: 628 Hispanic emerging adults from Florida International University and the University of Houston.

Methods: Participants completed online surveys assessing social media discrimination, psychosocial variables, and depressive symptoms. Correlation and mediation analyses were conducted.

Results: Social media discrimination was indirectly associated with depressive symptoms through anger (β = .064, 95% CI = .033, .097) and self-esteem (β = .034, 95% CI = .007, .064). The direct effect of social media discrimination on depressive symptoms was not significant.

Conclusion: Anger and self-esteem may be key mechanisms linking social media ethnic discrimination and depression in Hispanic emerging adults. Interventions may benefit from targeting self-esteem enhancement and anger regulation to mitigate the mental health consequences of discrimination experienced on social media platforms.

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社交媒体种族歧视对西班牙裔新生成人抑郁症状的影响：心理社会因素的作用

目的：探讨社会心理因素（自尊、愤怒、消极核心信念、社会疏离感）是否在西班牙裔新生成人基于社交媒体的种族歧视与抑郁症状之间起中介作用。参与者：来自佛罗里达国际大学和休斯顿大学的628名西班牙裔新生成人。方法：参与者完成在线调查，评估社交媒体歧视、社会心理变量和抑郁症状。进行了相关分析和中介分析。结果：社交媒体歧视通过愤怒间接与抑郁症状相关(β =。064, 95% ci =。0.033, 0.097)和自尊(β =。034, 95% ci =。007))。社交媒体歧视对抑郁症状的直接影响不显著。结论：愤怒和自尊可能是西班牙裔新生成人社交媒体种族歧视和抑郁之间的关键机制。干预措施可能会受益于以自尊增强和愤怒调节为目标，以减轻社交媒体平台上遭受的歧视对心理健康的影响。

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388

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