Does anger regulation mediate the discrimination-mental health link among Mexican-origin adolescents? A longitudinal mediation analysis using multilevel modeling.
Does anger regulation mediate the discrimination-mental health link among Mexican-origin adolescents? A longitudinal mediation analysis using multilevel modeling.
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DOI：
10.1037/dev0000235
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发表时间：
2017-02
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4
通讯作者：
Alegría M
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作者：
Park IJ;Wang L;Williams DR;Alegría M
尽管先前的研究一直证明种族/民族歧视与不良的精神健康结果之间的联系，但这种联系背后的机制仍然不清楚。这项三波纵向研究在269名墨西哥裔青少年(MAGE=14.1岁，SD=1.6；57%为女孩)中测试了愤怒调节在歧视-心理健康联系中的中介作用，年龄在12-17岁。三个相互竞争的愤怒调节变量被测试为潜在的中介变量：外向愤怒表达、愤怒抑制和愤怒控制。纵向中介分析使用多水平建模，将人内影响与人与人之间的影响分开。结果表明，外向愤怒表达是一个显著的中介变量，愤怒抑制和愤怒控制不是显著的中介变量。在特定的个人中，更大的种族/民族歧视与更频繁的外在愤怒表达有关。反过来，在给定的时间点上，更频繁的外在愤怒表达与更高的焦虑和抑郁水平相关。性别、年龄和出生地状况对假设的中介模型没有显著的调节作用。通过将外在愤怒表达作为拉丁裔青年歧视-痛苦联系的一种解释机制，这项研究指出了预防和干预努力的可塑性目标，旨在减轻种族主义在青春期发育关键时期对拉丁裔青年心理健康的有害影响。
Although prior research has consistently documented the association between racial/ethnic discrimination and poor mental health outcomes, the mechanisms that underlie this link are still unclear. The present three-wave longitudinal study tested the mediating role of anger regulation in the discrimination—mental health link among 269 Mexican-origin adolescents (Mage = 14.1 years, SD = 1.6; 57% girls), 12 – 17 years old. Three competing anger regulation variables were tested as potential mediators: outward anger expression, anger suppression, and anger control. Longitudinal mediation analyses were conducted using multilevel modeling that disaggregated within-person effects from between-person effects. Results indicated that outward anger expression was a significant mediator; anger suppression and anger control were not significant mediators. Within a given individual, greater racial/ethnic discrimination was associated with more frequent outward anger expression. In turn, more frequent outward anger expression was associated with higher levels of anxiety and depression at a given time point. Gender, age, and nativity status were not significant moderators of the hypothesized mediation models. By identifying outward anger expression as an explanatory mechanism in the discrimination-distress link among Latino youths, this study points to a malleable target for prevention and intervention efforts aimed at mitigating the detrimental impact of racism on Latino youths’ mental health during the developmentally critical period of adolescence.