Perceived ethnic discrimination, ethnic-racial socialization, and substance use among ethnic minority adolescents

Bibliographic Data

ID8095178
AuthorsTanya Nieri (Sociology Department, University of California, Riverside, California), Cecilia Ayón (0000-0001-5719-8394, School of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside, California), Min Sang Yoo (0000-0003-1094-9933), Min Yoo (0000-0001-6046-725X, Sociology Department, University of California, Riverside, California), Megan Webb (Sociology Department, University of California, Riverside, California)
Year2019
Volume21
Issue1
Pages70-89
Publication date2019-12-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1533-2640 • E-ISSN: 1533-2659
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15332640.2019.1707141
PMID31889478
OpenAlexW2997632807
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited57

Perceived discrimination is a significant problem among ethnic minority adolescents and has been consistently linked to negative outcomes, including substance use, although few studies examine this relation with more than one time point. The present study adds to the literature by examining whether ethnic-racial socialization moderates the effects of perceived discrimination at time 1 on recent substance use six months later in a sample of ethnic minority, public high school students in Southern California. The results from analyses of survey data showed that perceived discrimination did not predict the likelihood of the outcomes, and they suggest that discrimination based on attributes other than ethnicity, such as immigration or documentation status, may be operating in the sample. Future research should simultaneously analyze effects of discrimination by type of attribute as well as level (e.g., intragroup, intergroup, and structural). With regard to ethnic-racial socialization in the multivariate models, cultural socialization was negatively related to the likelihood of the outcomes. Preparation for bias was positively related to the likelihood of the outcomes. Promotion of mistrust was not statistically significantly related to the likelihood of the outcomes. Although the socialization variables did not moderate the effect of perceived discrimination, they were clearly related to substance use in multiple ways, suggesting that future research continue to distinguish the effects of socialization by type to better understand how they can be addressed to optimize youth outcomes

Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Multivariate analysis · Political science · Promotion (chess · Socialization · Critical Race Theory in Education · Medicine · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Social Psychology

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