Racial discrimination predicts depressive symptoms throughout adolescence among Black youth.
Racial discrimination predicts depressive symptoms throughout adolescence among Black youth.
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种族歧视预示着黑人青年在整个青春期都会出现抑郁症状。
DOI：
10.1037/dev0001456
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
4
通讯作者：
Beach,StevenRH
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作者：
Lavner,JustinA;Ong,MeiLing;Carter,SierraE;Hart,ArielR;Beach,StevenRH
种族歧视的经历在黑人青年中很常见，并且随着时间的推移预示着更糟糕的心理健康状况。需要进一步的研究来解决这些模式背后的影响方向、青春期影响程度的差异以及性别差异等悬而未决的问题。为了解决这些差距，目前的研究使用来自乔治亚州和爱荷华州的889名黑人青年（54%为女性）的4波数据，在人与人之间和人与人之间的水平上测试了种族歧视与抑郁症状之间的双向联系。参与者在10.6岁（第一波）、12.5岁（第二波）、15.7岁（第三波）和18.8岁（第四波）时报告了种族歧视和抑郁症状的经历。交叉滞后面板模型（CLPM）用于检查人与人之间随时间的关联，随机截距交叉滞后面板模型（RI-CLPM）用于检查人与人之间随时间的关联。各模型的结果一致，揭示了种族歧视与抑郁症状之间存在显著的并发关联，种族歧视对抑郁症状有显著的滞后效应，而抑郁症状对种族歧视没有显著的滞后效应。影响在整个青春期没有差异，种族歧视和抑郁症状之间的关联程度几乎没有性别差异。研究结果提供了确凿的证据，表明经历更大的种族歧视与整个青春期抑郁症状的增加有关，并进一步表明种族歧视会损害黑人青年的心理健康和福祉。
Experiences of racial discrimination are common among Black youth and predict worse mental health cross-sectionally and over time. Additional research is needed to address lingering questions regarding the direction of effect (s) underlying these patterns, differences in the magnitude of effects across adolescence, and gender differences. To address these gaps, the current study tested bidirectional linkages between racial discrimination and depressive symptoms at the between-(interpersonal) and within-(intrapersonal) level using 4 waves of data from 889 Black youth (54% female) from Georgia and Iowa. Participants reported experiences of racial discrimination and depressive symptoms at ages 10.6 years (Wave 1), 12.5 years (Wave 2), 15.7 years (Wave 3), and 18.8 years (Wave 4). The cross-lagged panel model (CLPM) was used to examine between-person associations over time, and the random intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM) was used to examine within-person associations over time. Results were consistent across models, revealing significant concurrent associations between racial discrimination and depressive symptoms, significant lagged effects from racial discrimination to depressive symptoms, and no significant lagged effects from depressive symptoms to racial discrimination. Effects did not differ across adolescence, and there were few gender differences in the degree of association between racial discrimination and depressive symptoms. Findings provide rigorous evidence that experiencing greater racial discrimination is associated with increases in depressive symptoms throughout adolescence and add to a growing body of work showing that racial discrimination can undermine mental health and well-being among Black youth.