Racial identity, maternal support, and psychological distress among African American adolescents
Racial identity, maternal support, and psychological distress among African American adolescents
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DOI：
10.1111/1467-8624.00474
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发表时间：
2002-07-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Notaro, PC
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作者：
Caldwell, CH;Zimmerman, MA;Notaro, PC
本研究探讨了种族认同和母亲支持在减少非裔美国青少年心理困扰中的作用。对521名非裔美国十二年级学生进行了种族认同（即中心性、私人关怀）和母亲支持对感知压力、抑郁症状和焦虑的直接和间接影响研究。结果表明，母亲支持与中心性和私人关怀均呈正相关。在多元背景下，研究结果很少支持种族认同或母亲支持与抑郁症状和焦虑之间的直接联系。相反，种族认同态度和母亲支持对这些心理健康结果的影响是通过感知压力介导的。此外，两种种族认同态度以不同的方式与感知压力相关。研究结果表明，非裔美国青少年认为自己是黑人的重要性和意义可能对他们的心理健康至关重要，母亲的支持和感知到的压力是重要的考虑因素。
This study investigated the role of racial identity and maternal support in reducing psychological distress among African American adolescents. Both direct and indirect influences of multiple dimensions of racial identity (i.e., centrality, private regard) and maternal support on perceived stress, depressive symptoms, and anxiety were examined among 521 African American twelfth graders. Findings indicated that maternal support was positively related to both centrality and private regard. Results provided little support for a direct association between racial identity or maternal support and depressive symptoms and anxiety within a multivariate context. Rather, the influences of racial identity attitudes and maternal support on these mental health outcomes were mediated by perceived stress. Further, the two racial identity attitudes were associated with perceived stress in different ways. Study findings suggest that the significance and meaning that African American adolescents attribute to being Black may be critical to their psychological well-being, and that maternal support and perceived stress are important considerations.