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Publication Date: 2006
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Perceived Discrimination and the Adjustment of African American Youths: A Five-Year Longitudinal Analysis with Contextual Moderation Effects
Brody, Gene H.; Chen, Yi-Fu; Murry, Velma McBride; Ge, Xiaojia; Simons, Ronald L.; Gibbons, Frederick X.; Gerrard, Meg; Cutrona, Carolyn E.
Child Development, v77 n5 p1170-1189 Sep-Oct 2006
Longitudinal links between perceived racial discrimination and later conduct problems and depressive symptoms were examined among 714 African American adolescents who were 10-12 years old at recruitment. Data were gathered 3 times over a 5-year period. Hypotheses were tested via latent curve modeling and multiple-group latent growth modeling. Increases in perceived discrimination were associated with increased conduct problems and depressive symptoms. This association was weaker when youths received nurturant-involved parenting, affiliated with prosocial friends, and performed well academically. For conduct problems, the association was stronger for boys than for girls; for depressive symptoms, no gender differences emerged. The findings thus identify contextual variables that moderate the contribution of perceived discrimination to African American youths' adjustment.
Descriptors: Racial Discrimination, African American Children, Longitudinal Studies, Behavior Problems, Hypothesis Testing, Gender Differences, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Modeling (Psychology), Child Rearing, Prosocial Behavior, Adjustment (to Environment), Context Effect
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