title: The (In)Significance of Race and Discrimination among Latino Youth: The Case of Depressive Symptoms.
abstract: Despite the growing population of Latinos in the United States, there is little research that explores how discrimination affects the mental health of Latino youth along racial lines. In this paper we ask two closely related questions. First, do black Latino youth have higher or lower symptoms of depression than nonblack Latinos? Second, is the relationship between race and depression among Latino youth buffered by discrimination stress? Results from the Transitions Study show that black Latino youth have significantly higher symptoms of depression than nonblack Latinos. The relationship between race and depression depends on daily-but not on lifetime-experiences of discrimination. The combined effect of race and discrimination holds in the face of a wide range of measures of stress, including major lifetime events, recent life events, and chronic stressors. These findings encourage future research that considers the mental health effects of racial variation among Latinos.
authors.affiliation: McGill University.
authors.forename: Giovani
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Burgos
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rivera
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