Teaching About Race/Ethnicity and Racism Matters: An Examination of How Perceived Ethnic Racial Socialization Processes Are Associated With Depression Symptoms
Teaching About Race/Ethnicity and Racism Matters: An Examination of How Perceived Ethnic Racial Socialization Processes Are Associated With Depression Symptoms
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DOI：
10.1037/a0033447
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发表时间：
2013-10-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Lau, Anna S.
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作者：
Liu, Lisa L.;Lau, Anna S.
民族种族社会化（ERS）过程包括文化社会化（enculturation），偏见的准备，促进不信任。虽然这些过程经常被混为一谈，但它们可能会带来心理风险或保护。文化社会化往往被认为是保护性的，而促进不信任有时与风险有关。我们假设ERS过程和抑郁症之间的独特关联可能是由特质乐观和悲观作为潜在的中介来解释。来自670名非洲裔美国人，拉丁裔和亚裔美国年轻人的样本结果表明，文化社会化与抑郁症呈负相关，而偏见和促进不信任的准备与抑郁症呈正相关。参与者报告说，他们的家庭从事文化社会化有一个更乐观和悲观的前景，这反过来解释了较低水平的抑郁症状。相反，报告的家庭偏见和促进不信任的准备与更大的悲观和更少的乐观有关，这反过来又与抑郁症状有关。尽管ERS过程的平均水平存在种族/民族差异，但多组分析显示，与抑郁症状的相关性在各组之间都很强。
Ethnic racial socialization (ERS) processes include cultural socialization (enculturation), preparation for bias, and promotion of mistrust. Although often conflated, these processes may variably confer psychological risk or protection. Cultural socialization has often been found to be protective, whereas promotion of mistrust has at times been associated with risk. We hypothesized that the distinctive associations between ERS processes and depression might be explained by trait optimism and pessimism as potential mediators. Results from a sample of 670 African American, Latino, and Asian American young adults indicated that cultural socialization was negatively associated with depression, whereas preparation for bias and promotion of mistrust were positively associated with depression. Participants who reported that their families engaged in cultural socialization had a more optimistic and less pessimistic outlook, which in turn explained lower levels of depression symptoms. In contrast, reported familial preparation for bias and promotion of mistrust were linked to greater pessimism and less optimism, which in turn were associated with depression symptoms. Although there were racial/ethnic differences in mean levels of ERS processes, multigroup analyses revealed that the associations with depression symptoms were robust across groups.