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Coping With Racism

Moderators of the Discrimination–Adjustment Link Among Mexican-Origin Adolescents

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ID8087477
AuthorsIrene J K Park (0009-0007-9480-784X, Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend, corresponding author), Lijuan Wang (0000-0002-2225-6483, University of Notre Dame), David R Williams (0000-0001-9922-8117, Harvard University), Margarita Alegria (0000-0003-2241-707X, Massachusetts General Hospital)
Year2017
Volume89
Issue3
Pagese293-e310
Publication date2017-06-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChild Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-3920 • E-ISSN: 1467-8624
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/cdev.12856
PMID28635029
OpenAlexW2655581889
LanguageEN
Citations received31
References cited66

What strategies help ethnic minority adolescents to cope with racism? The present study addressed this question by testing the role of ethnic identity, social support, and anger expression and suppression as moderators of the discrimination-adjustment link among 269 Mexican-origin adolescents (M age = 14.1 years), 12-17 years old from the Midwestern U.S. Results from multilevel moderation analyses indicated that ethnic identity, social support, and anger suppression, respectively, significantly attenuated the relations between discrimination and adjustment problems, whereas outward anger expression exacerbated these relations. Moderation effects differed according to the level of analysis. By identifying effective coping strategies in the discrimination-adjustment link at specific levels of analysis, the present findings can guide future intervention efforts for Latino youth

Anger · Coping (psychology · Developmental psychology · Ethnic discrimination · Ethnic group · MEDLINE · Moderation · PsycINFO · Racism · Social support · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Clinical Psychology · Social Psychology

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