Health consequences of racist and antigay discrimination for multiple minority adolescents.
Health consequences of racist and antigay discrimination for multiple minority adolescents.
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种族主义和反同性恋歧视对多个少数族裔青少年的健康影响。
DOI:
10.1037/a0031739
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Huebner,DavidM
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作者:
Thoma,BrianC;Huebner,DavidM
Individuals who belong to a marginalized group and who perceive discrimination based on that group membership suffer from a variety of poor health outcomes. Many people belong to more than one marginalized group, and much less is known about the influence of multiple forms of discrimination on health outcomes. Drawing on literature describing the influence of multiple stressors, three models of combined forms of discrimination are discussed: additive, prominence, and exacerbation. The current study examined the influence of multiple forms of discrimination in a sample of African American lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) adolescents ages 14–19. Each of the three models of combined stressors were tested to determine which best describes how racist and antigay discrimination combine to predict depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and substance use. Participants were included in this analysis if they identified their ethnicity as either African American (n= 156) or African American mixed (n= 120). Mean age was 17.45 years (SD= 1.36). Results revealed both forms of mistreatment were associated with depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation among African American LGB adolescents. Racism was more strongly associated with substance use. Future intervention efforts should be targeted toward reducing discrimination and improving the social context of multiple minority adolescents, and future research with multiple minority individuals should be attuned to the multiple forms of discrimination experienced by these individuals within their environments.(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)