title: Discrimination and mental health problems among homeless minority young people.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined the associations among perceived discrimination, racial/ethnic identification, and emotional distress in newly homeless adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  We assessed a sample of newly homeless adolescents (n=254) in Los Angeles, California, with measures of perceived discrimination and racial/ethnic identification. We assessed emotional distress using the Brief Symptom Inventory and used multivariate linear regression modeling to gauge the impact of discrimination and racial identity on emotional distress.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Controlling for race and immigration status, gender, and age, young people with a greater sense of ethnic identification experienced less emotional distress. Young people with a history of racial/ethnic discrimination experienced more emotional distress.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Intervention programs that contextualize discrimination and enhance racial/ethnic identification and pride among homeless young people are needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Center for Community Health, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Norweeta G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Milburn
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Batterham
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ayala
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Solorio
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Desmond
authors.forename: Lynwood
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lord
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Iribarren
authors.forename: Mary Jane
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rotheram-Borus
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D018453:Homeless Youth / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D015141:Los Angeles; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D008913:Minority Groups; D011287:Prejudice; D012933:Social Identification; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*
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