Black and White Adults’ Racial and Gender Stereotypes of Psychopathology Symptoms in Black and White Children

Adults’ judgments of children’s behaviors play a critical role in assessment and treatment of childhood psychopathology. Judgments of children’s psychiatric symptoms are likely influenced by racial biases, but little is known about the specific racial biases adults hold about children’s psychiatric...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of abnormal child psychology 2024-07, Vol.52 (7), p.1023-1036
Hauptverfasser: Kang, Sungha, Thiem, Kelsey C., Huff, Nathan R., Dixon, Jasmine S., Harvey, Elizabeth A.
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Zusammenfassung:Adults’ judgments of children’s behaviors play a critical role in assessment and treatment of childhood psychopathology. Judgments of children’s psychiatric symptoms are likely influenced by racial biases, but little is known about the specific racial biases adults hold about children’s psychiatric symptoms, which could play a critical role in childhood mental health disparities. This study examined one form of such biases, racial stereotypes, to determine if White and Black adults hold implicit and explicit racial stereotypes about common childhood psychopathology symptoms, and if these stereotypes vary by child gender and disorder type. Participants included 82 self-identified Black men, 84 Black woman, 1 Black transgender individual, 1 Black genderfluid individual, 81 White men, and 85 White women. Analyses of implicit stereotypes revealed that White adults associated psychopathology symptoms more strongly with Black children than did Black adults ( p  
ISSN:2730-7166
2730-7174
2730-7174
DOI:10.1007/s10802-024-01189-7