Caregiver Experiences of Discrimination and African American Adolescents' Psychological Health Over Time

The present study examined the effect of caregivers' experiences of racial discrimination on their adolescent children's psychological functioning among a sample of 264 African American dyads. Potential relations between caregiver discrimination experiences and a number of indicators of ad...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Child development 2013-03, Vol.84 (2), p.485-499
Hauptverfasser:	Ford, Kahlil R., Hurd, Noelle M., Jagers, Robert J., Sellers, Robert M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adaptation, Psychological Adolescent Adolescents Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Africa African Americans African Americans - psychology Age Differences Aged Biological and medical sciences Black American people Blacks Caregivers Caregivers - psychology Carers Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Child Child development Child psychology Children Correlation Depression Depression (Psychology) Depressive Disorder - psychology Depressive disorders Developmental psychology Discrimination Economic discrimination EMPIRICAL ARTICLES Family Family Income Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gender Differences Gender discrimination Hierarchical Linear Modeling Humans Income Interaction Longitudinal Studies Male Medical sciences Mental depression Mental Health Mental health outcomes Middle Aged Mood disorders Mothers Parents - psychology Psychological factors Psychological functioning Psychological Patterns Psychological wellbeing Psychology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Psychopathology. Psychiatry Racial Discrimination Racism - psychology Risk Risk Factors Sex Factors Social Identification Symptoms (Individual Disorders) Teenagers Time Factors U.S.A United States Well Being Wellbeing Young Adult Youth
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Zusammenfassung:	The present study examined the effect of caregivers' experiences of racial discrimination on their adolescent children's psychological functioning among a sample of 264 African American dyads. Potential relations between caregiver discrimination experiences and a number of indicators of adolescents' (aged 12–17) psychological functioning over time were examined. It was found that caregiver discrimination experiences were positively related to adolescents' symptoms of depression and negatively related to their psychological well-being. Additional analysis revealed interactions between the effects of caregiver discrimination experiences and family income on all 3 outcomes. Greater caregiver discrimination experiences and lower family income were risk factors for the youth in the sample. These findings underscore the deleterious consequence of caregivers' discrimination experiences on African American youth's psychological health.
ISSN:	0009-3920 1467-8624
DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01864.x