Francesca Prati, Corine Stella Kana Kenfack, Miles Hewstone, Monica Rubini
{"title":"The association between mass media news about interethnic contact and relations between ethnic minorities and natives: The perspective of African immigrants in Italy.","authors":"Francesca Prati, Corine Stella Kana Kenfack, Miles Hewstone, Monica Rubini","doi":"10.1037/cdp0000707","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cdp0000707","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The present research investigated the role of a pervasive and often negative form of indirect contact, exposure to mass media news on interethnic contact. Specifically, we examined the associations between mass media exposure and both African immigrants' attitudes toward native Italians and their collective action intentions to achieve higher intergroup equality in the host country.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We conducted two survey studies, one cross-sectional (Study 1, <i>N</i> = 285) and the second longitudinal (Study 2, <i>N</i> = 423) with African immigrants living in Italy.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Exposure to negative mass media news was linked to less positive attitudes toward native Italians and more collective action of African immigrants. The negative link between negative mass media news exposure and intergroup attitudes was stronger for those African migrants who reported relatively low positive and negative direct intergroup contact. These findings were consistent across both studies. The positive link between negative mass media news exposure and collective action was stronger among African immigrants with relatively low negative direct intergroup contact.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The evidence illustrates the independent and combined ways in which the valence of direct and indirect contact can affect immigrants' attitudes toward natives, and their motivation to build a more inclusive and equal society. Overall, results highlighted the greater strength of negative rather than positive indirect contact of immigrants, especially when they reported less positive direct contact experience with native Italians. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48151,"journal":{"name":"Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"724-737"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142337129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Concerns about the deportation of friends or family members shape U.S.-born Latines' feelings about U.S. immigration policy with implications for collective action for immigrants' rights.","authors":"Shaun Wiley, Yasin Koc","doi":"10.1037/cdp0000700","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cdp0000700","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>As citizens by birth, U.S.-born Latines are not subject to deportation. However, many have undocumented friends or family members who are. We examined whether concerns about the deportation of friends or family members shape U.S.-born Latines' feelings of anger and fear about U.S. immigration policy as well as identity conflict, variables associated with collective action for immigrants' rights.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>After establishing the effectiveness of our experimental manipulation in a pilot study (<i>N</i> = 378), we randomly assigned a national sample of U.S.-born Mexican and Central Americans (<i>N</i> = 1,244) to imagine the deportation of friends or family members or to a control condition. Participants reported their anger and fear about U.S. immigration policy, their sense of identity conflict, and their willingness to engage in collective action for immigrants' rights. Prior to the experimental manipulation, participants also reported their Latine identity centrality and fear of protesting.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Concerns about the deportation of friends or family members increased anger and fear about U.S. immigration policy but not identity conflict. These feelings were independently associated with greater willingness to engage in collective action for immigrants' rights.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The political consequences of the criminalization of undocumented status extend beyond undocumented immigrants themselves, strengthening feelings associated with collective action for immigrants' rights among their U.S.-born friends' and family members. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48151,"journal":{"name":"Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"671-682"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141560057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Essence Lynn Wilson, Lindsay E Young, Robin Stevens
{"title":"Multilevel sources of strength and school-based racial discrimination: Competing factors associated with mental health among African American college students.","authors":"Essence Lynn Wilson, Lindsay E Young, Robin Stevens","doi":"10.1037/cdp0000703","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cdp0000703","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Despite increasing diversity on predominantly White college campuses, African American college students remain subject to racial discrimination, creating a complex array of mental health stressors. In this study, we adopted a strengths-based approach to mental health in this population and investigated (a) whether school-based discrimination contributes to negative mental health outcomes; (b) whether internal, interpersonal, and campus sources of strength contribute to positive mental health outcomes; and (c) whether internal sources of strength moderate the mental health effects of discrimination.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Secondary analysis was performed on public data from African American college students (<i>N</i> = 1,444; <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 24.67, <i>SD</i><sub>age</sub> = 7.87) who participated in the Healthy Minds Study between 2017 and 2020. Healthy Minds Study is a cross-sectional survey examining mental health factors in U.S. university student populations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>School-based racial discrimination was negatively associated with flourishing and positively associated with depression. Flourishing was positively associated with all sources of strength, including academic persistence, religiosity, racial identity, race-based affinity space involvement, and campus climate for diversity. Depression was inversely associated with persistence, religiosity, and affinity space involvement. Except for persistence, internal sources of strength did not mitigate the negative effects of discrimination on mental health outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Policies are needed that hold accountable campus members who perpetrate race-based aggressions, tangible support systems involving African American mentors and cultural affinity groups, and strengths-based audits of students seeking mental health care. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48151,"journal":{"name":"Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"699-710"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141890568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christopher K Marshburn, Abigail M Folberg, Emily D Hooker
{"title":"Responding responsively: Benefits of responsive racism-specific support for Black college students in same- and cross-race friendships.","authors":"Christopher K Marshburn, Abigail M Folberg, Emily D Hooker","doi":"10.1037/cdp0000705","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cdp0000705","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Black people seek racism-specific support (RSS)-social support in response to racism-from same-race (vs. cross-race) friends because they feel more understood by Black friends. The present study tested whether supportive and responsive (i.e., validating) RSS from Black or non-Black friends differentially influenced friendship dynamics and factors associated with Black support-seekers' psychological well-being (e.g., affect).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Same-race (Black/Black; <i>n</i><sub>dyad</sub> = 17) and cross-race (Black/non-Black; <i>n</i><sub>dyad</sub> = 29) friendship dyads (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 20.25, <i>SD</i> = 3.26) discussed an experience of racism. Both friends rated the supportiveness and responsiveness of RSS (or support) and completed pre- and postconversation measures (e.g., affect, emotional closeness).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Supportive and responsive RSS predicted increased closeness between same- and cross-race friends. Responsive RSS predicted increased postconversation positive affect for Black support-seekers talking to same-race (vs. cross-race) friends. Exploratory analyses revealed support-providers also perceived support-seekers as providing responsiveness during exchanges.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Responsive and supportive RSS predicted positive cross-race friendship outcomes, and responsive RSS, especially among same-race friends, predicted improvement in Black support-seekers' affective reactions associated with psychological well-being. Moreover, the role of seeking and providing support might be dynamic, particularly when Black friends talk about racism with other friends of color. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48151,"journal":{"name":"Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"738-751"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142113448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Validation of the Coping With Discrimination Scale among Arab/Middle Eastern North African Americans.","authors":"Katherine Sadek, Germine H Awad, Ashley M Bennett","doi":"10.1037/cdp0000706","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cdp0000706","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Arab/Middle Eastern North African (MENA) Americans experience high levels of discrimination, which is associated with greater engagement in coping strategies to alleviate the stress. The Coping with Discrimination Scale (CDS; Wei, Alvarez, et al., 2010) remains one of the only measures that assesses responses to discrimination. Given the difficulties of conducting research with Arab/MENA groups, few measures have been validated for use with this population. Thus, the purpose of this study is to validate the CDS among Arab/MENA Americans.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The sample consisted of 297 Arab/MENA Americans (<i>n</i> = 139, Christian; <i>n</i> = 158, Muslim). Overall, 143 individuals identified as men and 154 identified as women. The sample's average age was 31.2 years old (<i>SD</i> = 9.5). Confirmatory factor analysis was utilized to assess the preassigned factor structure.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the CDS five-factor structure among Arab/MENA participants. All models resulted in poor fit. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was then conducted to identify factors relevant to Christian and Muslim MENA Americans. EFA results were largely similar for both groups and two factors emerged: adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies. Preliminary reliability and incremental validity was explored. Specifically, adaptive (β = -0.11, <i>p</i> = .009) and maladaptive coping (β = 0.52, <i>p</i> < .001) predicted anxiety after accounting for participants' experiences of discrimination.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study has implications for utilization of the CDS, with the EFA suggesting a more fitting two-factor structure (maladaptive and adaptive coping) and sensitive interpretation of the scale with Arab/MENA populations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48151,"journal":{"name":"Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"752-763"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142141465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emma Shinagawa, Sage Mednansky, Lonnie A Nelson, Roxanna J King, Emily M Taylor, Arthur W Blume, Charity Green, Terrence K Kominsky, Ashley Lincoln, CHaRRM-Cn Community Advisory Board, Susan E Collins
{"title":"Content analysis of perceptions of substance-use treatment among American Indian people who have used opioids.","authors":"Emma Shinagawa, Sage Mednansky, Lonnie A Nelson, Roxanna J King, Emily M Taylor, Arthur W Blume, Charity Green, Terrence K Kominsky, Ashley Lincoln, CHaRRM-Cn Community Advisory Board, Susan E Collins","doi":"10.1037/cdp0000767","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cdp0000767","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>American Indian (AI) people are disproportionately impacted by opioid use disorder (OUD) and its associated consequences. However, there is a dearth of published research about substance-use treatment and its efficacy for AI people with OUD. People with OUD, especially those with a longer substance-use history, often have widely variable experiences in their access to and engagement in substance-use treatment. Furthermore, there is a paucity of literature on AI people's perceptions of their substance-use treatment experiences. This study seeks to fill this research gap.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Conventional content analysis was used to document perceptions of substance-use treatment among AI people who have used opioids (<i>N</i> = 45) as well as their suggestions for the improvement of treatment moving forward.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants highlighted the importance of connection to nonjudgmental counselors and peers with lived experience, challenges of logistical barriers to treatment (e.g., cost, distances to facilities), the importance of intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation for recovery, and a preference for treatment as respite versus punishment. Participants felt substance-use treatment could be enhanced through the incorporation of Native-centric cultural programming, the integration of social services into substance-use treatment (e.g., housing and vocational training), provision of robust individual and group counseling options, and healing settings that include nature and flexible structures.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings should be taken into consideration when establishing and designing substance-use treatment for AI people who have used opioids to ensure appropriate accessibility, feasibility, and implementation concerns are addressed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48151,"journal":{"name":"Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12483176/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145193489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hector I Lopez-Vergara, Jodi M Sutherland Charvis, William Rozum, Michael C Crawford, Chrystal Vergara-Lopez
{"title":"Replication of the Police and Law Enforcement (PLE) Scale and extension to intersectional race/ethnicity and gender identity groupings.","authors":"Hector I Lopez-Vergara, Jodi M Sutherland Charvis, William Rozum, Michael C Crawford, Chrystal Vergara-Lopez","doi":"10.1037/cdp0000775","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cdp0000775","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The Police and Law Enforcement (PLE) Scale assesses police-based discrimination and shows excellent psychometric properties among Black men. We posit that experiences with law enforcement vary at the intersection of race/ethnicity and gender and are linked to psychosocial outcomes.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Replicate the factor structure of the PLE Scale in an independent sample of Black men (<i>n</i> = 198) and extend the measure by testing its psychometric comparability among Black women (<i>n</i> = 193), Latina women (<i>n</i> = 209), White women (<i>n</i> = 186), Latino men (<i>n</i> = 203), and White men (<i>n</i> = 198). We utilized a U.S.-based online sample (<i>n</i> = 1,187) of 18-26-year-olds. Measurement invariance tests were conducted; multigroup structural equation modeling examined the relationship between the PLE Scale and loneliness, access to environmental reward, depressive and anger rumination, and impulsive sexual behaviors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The PLE Scale replicates among Black men, does not display adequate psychometric properties among White women, and necessitates partial measurement invariance models across other groups. After accounting for differential item functioning, Black and Latino men report the highest levels of police-based discrimination. Similarities and differences were observed in the association between higher police-based discrimination and more loneliness, depressive, and anger rumination. Access to environmental reward and sexual behaviors displayed measurement bias that precluded comparisons.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>While this measure necessitates latent variable statistics to be applied across intersectional identities, it shows adequate psychometric properties to be useful in research among Black, Latino, and White men, Black women and Latina women (but not White women). Last, police-based discrimination appears to be particularly linked to rumination among men. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48151,"journal":{"name":"Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12448101/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145081973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G E Kawika Allen, Elizabeth A Cutrer-Párraga, Benjamin K Coffey, Cameron Hee, Hokule'a Conklin
{"title":"Contrapuntal framework of accessing mental health services among Pacific Islanders in the United States.","authors":"G E Kawika Allen, Elizabeth A Cutrer-Párraga, Benjamin K Coffey, Cameron Hee, Hokule'a Conklin","doi":"10.1037/cdp0000766","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000766","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The purpose of this study was to understand Pacific Islanders' (PIs) experiences related to accessing psychological services. An interpretative phenomenological analysis was conducted to collect and analyze cultural perspectives and frameworks that may assist or prevent this group from seeking help.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This interpretative phenomenological analysis focus group study was conducted with 32 total participants in nine focus groups consisting of cross-generational PIs residing in one western state of the United States. The results yielded multiple contrapuntal themes related to PI meaning-making regarding mental health care.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>These were (a) family-centered culture is valued versus family may be dismissive of family members seeking help for mental health needs; (b) history of minimizing mental health needs in PI communities versus a desire for normalizing moving forward; (c) mental health issues are your fault versus external factors are responsible for mental health challenges; (d) emergency room primary mental health resource versus mental health support is too expensive; (e) faith community is helpful versus conflicting religious experiences; and (f) desire for cultural fit versus mistrust of confidentiality in PI community.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These contrapuntal voices/tensions provide unique insights to therapy adaptations when working with PIs. We discuss clinical implications for working with this group and recommendations for future research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48151,"journal":{"name":"Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145034380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Erik S Caceros, Pamela Campos-Ordóñez, Ashling Ayekun, Mahsa Edalatkhah, Hilary B Bergsieker
{"title":"Responsive social support to disclosures of racial discrimination: Expectations and implications for well-being.","authors":"Erik S Caceros, Pamela Campos-Ordóñez, Ashling Ayekun, Mahsa Edalatkhah, Hilary B Bergsieker","doi":"10.1037/cdp0000762","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cdp0000762","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Social support helps people of color (POC) cope with stressors such as racial discrimination. Yet when POC disclose lived experiences of racism, confidants may fail to provide support that meets disclosers' emotional needs. Drawing on theories of shared reality and emotion reappraisal, we compare two emotion-focused social support approaches: validation (conveying that recipients' feelings or responses are appropriate) and reframing (seeking to reduce recipients' distress by offering a more positive perspective).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Two POC samples of Canadian young adults (35% South Asian, 32% East Asian, 9% Black, 8% Southeast Asian, 7% Middle Eastern, 2% Latino/a/e, 1% Indigenous, 6% other; 78% women, 19% men, 2% nonbinary; mean age = 19.9) recalled a lived experience of racism then were randomly assigned to imagine disclosing it to a White or same-race confidant.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In Study 1 (N = 430), POC rated validation as more helpful than reframing and forecasted larger gaps between desired and expected support from White than same-race confidants. Study 2 (N = 651) found that (a) experiences of racism are disclosed to same-race and White confidants more often than other groups and (b) imagining a confidant's reframing (vs. validating) response led to worse overall affect, less perceived responsiveness, less racial shared reality, and more rumination. In both studies, the gap between validation and reframing on perceived support increased for experiences that participants more strongly attributed to race, especially when disclosed to White confidants.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Implications for providing responsive emotional support for lived experiences of racism are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48151,"journal":{"name":"Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144974501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sonyia C Richardson, Margaret Phipps-Bennett, Kim Gryglewicz, Michelle Vance, John A Williams, Isis Bey, Rehaana Herbert, Sara Dennis, Marc S Karver
{"title":"Making deep-structure adaptations: A community-engaged qualitative study for culturally adapting suicide prevention interventions for Black youth.","authors":"Sonyia C Richardson, Margaret Phipps-Bennett, Kim Gryglewicz, Michelle Vance, John A Williams, Isis Bey, Rehaana Herbert, Sara Dennis, Marc S Karver","doi":"10.1037/cdp0000770","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cdp0000770","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Objectives</i><i>:</i></b> This study responds to the suicide crisis among Black youth populations by tailoring suicide interventions to meet their specific cultural needs. We obtained insight from community stakeholders about culturally adapting suicide prevention interventions for Black youth, using the Linking Individuals Needing Care intervention as an example. <b><i>Method</i><i>:</i></b> Using a culturally adaptive qualitative design Process, we conducted a series of community-engaged focus groups over 6 months with four distinct participant groups of diverse genders, including Black youth ages 13-19, caregivers, community members, and providers. Our participants (<i>N</i> = 58) provided feedback on intervention adaptations in a reiterative process aligned with the Ecological Validity Model. <b><i>Results:</i></b> We found recommendations for deep-structure-level cultural adaptations versus surface-structure-level adaptations. Themes included (1) Using wellness and collective focused language, (2) Prioritizing mutual trust, (3) Disrupting and reframing cultural myths, (4) Integrating Black-focused content to validate identities, (5) Affirming Black youth and family protective factors and stressors, (6) Developing relevant and attainable youth and family goals, (7) Infusing culture into crisis planning, and (8) Creating a Black-centered community of care. Findings illuminate the need for a focus on racial socialization and validating the strengths of Black youth versus their struggles, which is meaningful for suicide prevention efforts. <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> For suicide prevention intervention design with Black youth, community feedback needs to be prioritized, deep-structure level adaptations included, and racial socialization content embedded. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48151,"journal":{"name":"Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12407243/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144974524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}