Perceived racial discrimination and racial identity profiles among African American adolescents.
The present study examined the relation between multiple types of racial discrimination and psychological well-being across racial identity profiles. A sample of 322 African American adolescents completed measures of racial identity, racial discrimination, self-esteem and depressive symptoms. Cluster analyses were conducted to create previously identified racial identity profiles and 3 were evident: Buffering/Defensive, Alienated, and Idealized. The racial identity profiles moderated the relation between perceptions of racial discrimination and psychological well-being such that perceptions of racial discrimination were linked to higher levels of depressive symptoms for Alienated youth but not for Buffering/Defensive or Idealized youth. The implications for the racial discrimination literature among African American adolescents are discussed.
Department of Psychology, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270, USA. eseaton@unc.edu
Eleanor K
EK
Seaton
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009511:New England / Q000453:epidemiology; D010379:Peer Group; D011287:Prejudice; D011822:Race Relations / Q000523:psychology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012649:Self Concept; D012933:Social Identification; D012938:Social Perception; D012951:Socialization; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data