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From Racial Discrimination to Substance Use

The Buffering Effects of Racial Socialization

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ID8104886
AuthorsEnrique W Neblett (0000-0002-9584-4390, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author), Mary Terzian (0000-0002-0608-0924, Child Trends), Valencia A Harriott (0000-0001-9654-3031), Valencia Harriott (Duke University)
Year2010
Volume4
Issue2
Pages131-137
Publication date2010-07-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChild Development Perspectives (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1750-8592 • E-ISSN: 1750-8606
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1750-8606.2010.00131.x
PMID23750178
PMCIDPMC3674554
OpenAlexW1908014436
LanguageEN
Citations received54
References cited49

The experience of race-based discrimination may place African American youth at risk for substance use initiation and substance use disorders. This article examines the potential of parental racial socialization-a process by which parents convey messages to their children about race-to protect against the impact of racial discrimination on substance use outcomes. Focusing on stress as a major precipitating factor in substance use, the article postulates several possible mechanisms by which racial socialization might reduce stress and the subsequent risk for substance use. It discusses future research directions with the goal of realizing the promise of racial socialization as a resilience factor in African American and ethnic minority youth mental health

African american · Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Political science · Psychological resilience · Psychotherapist · Race (biology · Socialization · Sociology · Substance abuse · Substance use · Early Childhood Education and Development · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Clinical Psychology · Gender Studies · Social Psychology

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