Anna E Epperson, Nanibaa' A Garrison, Thomas Kim, Mark LeBeau, Luke C Nez, Arleen F Brown, Savanna L Carson
{"title":"COVID-19 vaccination access, acceptability, and pandemic recovery in American Indian communities.","authors":"Anna E Epperson, Nanibaa' A Garrison, Thomas Kim, Mark LeBeau, Luke C Nez, Arleen F Brown, Savanna L Carson","doi":"10.1037/cdp0000749","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cdp0000749","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The present study explored perspectives on COVID-19 vaccine acceptability, access, and strategies for pandemic recovery among rural and urban/suburban American Indian (AI) community leaders and members in California.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The qualitative study was initiated by a community-academic partnership with a large AI health organization and two universities and included virtual focus groups focused on COVID-19 vaccine acceptability (concerns, risks, benefits), initial vaccine rollout accessibility (vaccination site preferences, accessibility, strategies for improving vaccination), and recommendations for pandemic recovery. Reflexive thematic analysis was used to generate themes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In Fall 2021, three urban/suburban (<i>n</i> = 9) and three rural (<i>n</i> = 9) AI focus groups in California were held virtually. A majority of participants were Tribal or community leaders (<i>n</i> = 12). Participants in both urban/suburban and rural settings reported preferences for Tribal or Indian Health Service clinics for vaccination and recommended culturally tailored COVID-19 educational materials, health services, and community events to promote pandemic recovery. Participants in rural groups provided examples of tailored community-led pandemic care but illustrated how health care access limited vaccination, how basic needs affected vaccine prioritization, and how gaps in data on AI communities limited local informed decision-making.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Findings demonstrate differences in the COVID-19 experience among AI adults living in urban/suburban and rural regions, including vaccine access and basic needs concerns. Findings also highlight local preferences in the pandemic community response and recommendations for culturally tailored health information, health services, and gatherings. Public health campaigns may require additional resources for AI communities to improve equitable distribution and uptake. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48151,"journal":{"name":"Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"490-501"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12321039/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144052773","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}
Yehsong Kim, Alaina I Gold, Yana Ryjova, Hannah F Rasmussen, Gayla Margolin
{"title":"Discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic against Asian Americans: Links to sleep and romantic relationships as context.","authors":"Yehsong Kim, Alaina I Gold, Yana Ryjova, Hannah F Rasmussen, Gayla Margolin","doi":"10.1037/cdp0000737","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cdp0000737","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic has been a period of increased discrimination and hate crimes against Asian Americans. This study examines links between discrimination, as well as feelings of vulnerability, and sleep difficulties among Asian Americans during this time period. In addition, the study investigates both supportive and conflictual romantic partner interactions related to topics of discrimination, race, and activism as possible moderators of this association.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>During the COVID-19 pandemic, 92 partnered Asian American adults (<i>M<sub>age</sub></i> = 35.0, 63.0% women) completed online surveys that assessed discrimination, feelings of vulnerability, sleep, discrimination-specific partner support, and partner conflict about anti-Asian racism.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Cross-sectionally, discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with greater sleep difficulties. Feelings of vulnerability in light of Asian hate crimes were additionally associated with greater sleep difficulties. Neither discrimination-specific partner support nor partner conflict about anti-Asian racism buffered these associations.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The present study extends emerging research on discrimination and sleep. Findings point to the significance of evaluating discrimination and emotional reactions to racialized events as potential contributors to sleep difficulties among Asian Americans. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48151,"journal":{"name":"Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"575-584"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144310611","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}
Danielle L Bethel, Nicole R Baughman, Mara J Demuth, Mariah Nacke, Lizbeth Rojas, Eric Mann, Gabe Cochran, Ricardo A Wilhelm, Rayus Kuplicki, Joanna O Shadlow, Gary L Lawrence, Terrence K Kominsky, Glenna P Stumblingbear-Riddle, Christopher Kemp, Miigis B Gonzalez, Melissa L Walls, Robin L Aupperle, Martin P Paulus, Evan J White
{"title":"Development and validation of the American Indian Multimedia Stimulus (AIMS) set for measuring cultural identity responding.","authors":"Danielle L Bethel, Nicole R Baughman, Mara J Demuth, Mariah Nacke, Lizbeth Rojas, Eric Mann, Gabe Cochran, Ricardo A Wilhelm, Rayus Kuplicki, Joanna O Shadlow, Gary L Lawrence, Terrence K Kominsky, Glenna P Stumblingbear-Riddle, Christopher Kemp, Miigis B Gonzalez, Melissa L Walls, Robin L Aupperle, Martin P Paulus, Evan J White","doi":"10.1037/cdp0000750","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cdp0000750","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Traditional cultural connection is an established protective factor in American Indian (AI) health research. Measurement of traditional cultural connection is primarily survey-based, limiting the ability to delineate underlying processes that may be important for advancing culturally grounded mental health prevention and intervention efforts. This study aimed to establish and validate a stimulus set to probe cultural identity and provide a framework for similar development in diverse cultures.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The sample included 194 self-identified AI participants to view cultural and comparison stimuli across three media types (i.e., audio, video, and pictures). Participants rated each stimulus for arousal, valence, identity relevance, and cultural typicality.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings showed cultural stimuli consistently evoked higher responses across media type and domain of reactivity than comparison stimuli (<i>p</i>s < .001, <i>d</i>s = 0.30-2.37). Identity ratings for cultural stimuli across all media types were directly correlated with self-report assessments of AI spirituality and enculturation (<i>r</i>s = 0.22-0.40, ps < .002) as well as inversely associated with acculturation (<i>r</i>s = -0.35 to -0.49, <i>p</i>s < .001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings underline the potential of the devised stimulus set to effectively measure cultural connection in a heterogeneous AI population and offer a framework for broad cross-cultural application in future research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48151,"journal":{"name":"Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"564-574"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12288096/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144310610","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}
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) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48151,"journal":{"name":"Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"606-627"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","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}
Susan Torres-Harding, Lauryn D Bergert, Jessica Paxton, Adrian Thomas
{"title":"Exploring the role of ethnic identity and coping on depressive symptoms in Black and Latinx college students after discrimination.","authors":"Susan Torres-Harding, Lauryn D Bergert, Jessica Paxton, Adrian Thomas","doi":"10.1037/cdp0000741","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cdp0000741","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study examines the role of ethnic identity as potentially mediating or moderating the relationship between exposure to discrimination and depressive symptoms, and whether the inclusion of other variables, including racial group membership and discrimination-focused coping, might better explain the role of ethnic identity in the relationship between discrimination and depressive symptoms.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We administered measures of ethnic discrimination, multigroup ethnic identity, coping with discrimination, and depressive, anxiety, and stress symptoms. Our sample included 178 undergraduate and graduate students from a midsize private Midwestern institution who identified as Black/African American or Latino/Hispanic/Latinx/Latiné.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results indicated that there was evidence for a moderated mediation through detachment coping. Latinx participants showed that having a strong ethnic identity commitment was associated with less detachment coping and less depressive symptoms at high levels of discrimination, but not at low levels of discrimination. For Black participants, having a strong ethnic identity commitment was associated with less depressive symptoms and less detachment coping at lower levels of discrimination, but not at higher levels of discrimination.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study provides evidence of the role of ethnic identity as a protective factor after experiencing discrimination and shows that the protective role varies between different racial and ethnic groups. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48151,"journal":{"name":"Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"585-594"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144310612","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) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48151,"journal":{"name":"Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"628-638"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","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}
Anna Kawennison Fetter, N Keita Christophe, Mindi N Thompson
{"title":"Measurement invariance of the revised multigroup ethnic identity measure among a national sample of Native American and Alaska Native college students.","authors":"Anna Kawennison Fetter, N Keita Christophe, Mindi N Thompson","doi":"10.1037/cdp0000758","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cdp0000758","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Developing a healthy ethnic-racial identity (ERI) is a vital developmental task for ethnically or racially marginalized individuals, promoting positive mental health and psychosocial adjustment. However, no prior study has evaluated whether one of the most widely used ERI measures, the Revised Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM-R), functions equivalently across Native American and Alaska Native (NA/AN) communities.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Among a national sample of 241 NA/AN undergraduate students (76% women, <i>Mdn</i><sub>age</sub> = 21) representing 122 communities, this study tested the factor structure, measurement invariance, and latent mean differences of the MEIM-R based on whether participants were raised on or away from their reservation and whether they identified as monoracial or Multiracial.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that factor structure for the MEIM-R was not wholly consistent across demographic factors, requiring some residual covariances between items depending upon the group examined. Measurement invariance testing demonstrated full scalar invariance between participants raised on and away from their reservation and partial scalar invariance across monoracial and Multiracial identities. Latent means testing highlighted group differences in ERI exploration and commitment across these variables.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings support that, at least in part, the meaning and configuration of ERI, as measured by the MEIM-R, differ slightly for NA/AN communities based on where individuals grew up and whether they identify as Multiracial. Scholars using the MEIM-R should account for these within-group differences when conducting research with NA/AN communities. Further research is necessary to holistically understand and operationalize important and salient aspects of ERI for NA/AN communities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48151,"journal":{"name":"Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"541-552"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144310613","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}
Sherinah K Saasa, Abena E Yirenya-Tawiah, Spencer Sandberg
{"title":"Childhood adversity and social exclusion among African immigrants: The mediating and moderating role of emotional distress.","authors":"Sherinah K Saasa, Abena E Yirenya-Tawiah, Spencer Sandberg","doi":"10.1037/cdp0000756","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cdp0000756","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Despite the wealth of research examining detrimental consequences of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on adulthood, little is known about the effects of ACEs on African immigrant health and integration. This study examined the impact of ACEs on various social exclusion domains including sociocultural, economic, and structural exclusion, and explored the mediation and/or moderating role of depression and anxiety symptoms on this relationship. Additionally, the study also assessed the prevalence of ACEs by sociodemographic categories among this population.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Self-report data from 598 predominantly Black (82%) first and second-generation U.S.-based immigrants from Africa were utilized. Data were analyzed using path analyses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>About 43% reported experiencing four ACEs or more with higher rates among second-generation immigrants. Emotional abuse and neglect were the most commonly experienced forms of adversity. As predicted, ACEs were significantly associated with sociocultural, structural, and economic exclusion. Depression symptoms mediated the association between ACEs and structural exclusion. The relationship between ACEs and sociocultural and economic exclusion was moderated by both anxiety and depression symptoms. There were differences in mediation and moderation outcomes by immigrant generation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Intervention efforts aimed at fostering inclusion of African immigrants should consider childhood adversities as precursors to integration in host countries and include mental health supports to reduce negative outcomes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48151,"journal":{"name":"Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"475-489"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144054420","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":"Examining the association between perceived racism and sleep quality: The mediating role of rumination.","authors":"Clysha S Whitlow, Philip Zendels, Andrew D Case","doi":"10.1037/cdp0000738","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cdp0000738","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Sleep problems and disorders are associated with various health problems, such as heart disease and cancer. Black Americans report higher rates of poor sleep quality and health disorders than other racial and ethnic groups. Research suggests perceived racism can influence sleep difficulties; however, the mechanisms connecting racism to sleep difficulties are not fully understood. Rumination, a form of perseverative cognition in which individuals repeatedly focus on negative emotions and their causes and consequences, can affect sleep quality. This cross-sectional study examined whether brooding and reflection rumination explained the relation between perceived racism and sleep quality among Black American college students.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants (<i>n</i> = 215), ranging in age from 18 to 53, completed The Schedule of Stressful Racist Events, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and Ruminative Responses Scale.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found that perceived racism predicted both forms of rumination. Notably, however, only the brooding form of rumination was significantly associated with sleep quality, with higher levels predicting poorer sleep quality.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings suggest that a particular form of rumination, when used as a coping response in the context of racism, may be associated with sleep difficulties. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48151,"journal":{"name":"Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"415-424"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143568554","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}
Charlene Kuo, Lydia HaRim Ahn, Munjireen Sifat, Kerry M Green
{"title":"Does parental racial socialization protect Black youth from the impact of racism on problematic substance use over the long term?","authors":"Charlene Kuo, Lydia HaRim Ahn, Munjireen Sifat, Kerry M Green","doi":"10.1037/cdp0000759","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cdp0000759","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Parental racial socialization refers to the messages children receive about race from their parents. Little is known about parental racial socialization's long-term impact on problematic substance use or whether it can protect against adversities commonly experienced by Black Americans. We examined whether parental racial socialization reduces the risk of problematic substance use and buffers the impact of neighborhood disadvantage and racial discrimination on problematic substance use, with attention to the types of messaging.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Data are from a sample (<i>n</i> = 825) of the Woodlawn Study, a community cohort study that followed Black Americans from Chicago from first grade into midlife (55.3% female), with data collected at ages 6, 16, 32, and 42. Adjusted regression models were run with multiple imputation accounting for missing data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After controlling for covariates, we found parental racial socialization messages about racial barriers were associated with a lower likelihood of meeting criteria for problematic substance use in midlife (adjusted odds ratio = 0.45, 95% CI [0.22, 0.93]). While racial discrimination and neighborhood disadvantage were statistically significant predictors of problematic substance use in unadjusted models, neither was statistically significant in adjusted models. Neither the interaction term between parental racial socialization and personally mediated racism nor the interaction term between parental racial socialization and neighborhood disadvantage was statistically significant.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our study suggests the promise of parental racial socialization messages about racial barriers to prevent and reduce the risk of problematic substance use. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48151,"journal":{"name":"Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"553-563"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144734005","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}