African American Children's Racial Discrimination Experiences and Mental Health.
The current study examined how African American children's experiences of perceived personal racial discrimination and perceived vicarious racial discrimination were linked with depressive and anxiety symptoms, and whether there were significant sex differences in these relations. The sample include...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 31; no. 6; pp. 1621 - 1630 |
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Springer Nature
Jun2022
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=157213015&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 157213015 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10621024 JFM jtl: Journal of Child & Family Studies issn: 10621024 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2022 vid: 31 iid: 6 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 157213015 10.1007/s10826-022-02311-3 ppf: 1621 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 515KB tig: atl: African American Children's Racial Discrimination Experiences and Mental Health. aug: au: Walker, Chloe J. Williams, Chelsea Derlan Winter, Marcia A. Everhart, Robin S. affil: Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 806 W. Franklin St. Box 842018, 23284, Richmond, VA, USA su: African American children Anxiety Race discrimination Mental health of African Americans Mental depression Racism Cross-sectional method Mental health Interviewing African Americans Children Mathematical models Research funding Theory sug: subj: African American children Anxiety Race discrimination Mental health of African Americans Mental depression Racism Cross-sectional method Mental health Interviewing African Americans Children Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) Mathematical models Research funding Theory keyword: Childhood Depressive symptoms Racial/ethnic discrimination Childhood Depressive symptoms Racial/ethnic discrimination ab: The current study examined how African American children's experiences of perceived personal racial discrimination and perceived vicarious racial discrimination were linked with depressive and anxiety symptoms, and whether there were significant sex differences in these relations. The sample included 73 African American children (48% male), ranging from 7 to 12 years of age (M = 8.82, SD = 2.06). Models specified children's personal discrimination and vicarious discrimination as predictors of depressive and anxiety symptoms. Nested model comparisons were also used to examine whether associations varied as a function of children's sex. The current study hypothesized that both forms of discrimination would be associated with greater anxiety and depressive symptoms. Findings indicated that children's personal racial discrimination significantly predicted greater child anxiety symptoms for both boys and girls. No significant sex differences emerged. Neither personal nor vicarious discrimination significantly predicted depressive symptoms. Our findings highlight that racialized experiences occur early in childhood and have important implications for children's mental health. Highlights: Racial discrimination is known to have detrimental effects on African American adolescents' and emerging adults' mental health, but limited work has tested these effects among school-aged children. Findings indicated that personal racial discrimination experiences predicted greater anxiety symptoms among 7- to 12-year-old children. Clinicians working with African American children, especially those with anxiety symptoms, should assess children's negative racialized experiences. Clinicians are well-positioned to help young African American children process and cope with their racial discrimination experiences in order to prevent negative effects on mental health. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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