Perceived Racial/Ethnic Discrimination, Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, and Health Risk Behaviors Among Mexican American Adolescents
Perceived Racial/Ethnic Discrimination, Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, and Health Risk Behaviors Among Mexican American Adolescents
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DOI：
10.1037/a0020026
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发表时间：
2010-07-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
de Groat, Cynthia L.
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作者：
Flores, Elena;Tschann, Jeanne M.;de Groat, Cynthia L.
利用基于种族的创伤压力的概念，本研究测试了创伤后压力症状是否解释了墨西哥裔美国青少年中感知歧视与健康风险行为相关的过程。110名参与者是从北加州一家大型健康维护组织招募的。中介分析表明，在控制协变量的情况下，感知到更多歧视的青少年报告了更严重的创伤后应激症状。反过来，经历过严重创伤后应激症状的青少年报告更多的酒精使用，更多的其他药物使用，更多的打架，更多的性伴侣。感知到的歧视也与参与更多的打架直接相关。研究结果为种族创伤压力的概念提供了支持，特别是，对墨西哥裔美国青少年来说，感知到的歧视可能是创伤性的。学校和社区环境中的咨询心理学家和辅导员应该评估墨西哥裔美国青少年受到歧视的影响，并提供适当的干预措施，以减少其负面情绪影响。
Utilizing the concept of race-based traumatic stress, this study tested whether posttraumatic stress symptoms explain the process by which perceived discrimination is related to health risk behaviors among Mexican American adolescents. One hundred ten participants were recruited from a large health maintenance organization in Northern California. Mediational analyses indicated that adolescents who perceived more discrimination reported worse posttraumatic stress symptoms, controlling for covariates. In turn, adolescents who experienced heightened posttraumatic stress symptoms reported more alcohol use, more other drug use, involvement in more fights, and more sexual partners. Perceived discrimination was also directly related to involvement in more fights. Results provide support for the notion of race-based traumatic stress, specifically, that perceived discrimination may be traumatizing for Mexican American adolescents. Counseling psychologists and counselors in schools and community settings should assess Mexican American adolescents for the effects of discrimination and provide appropriate interventions to reduce its negative emotional impact.