title: Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Adolescents' Well-Being: The Role of Cross-Ethnic Friendships and Friends' Experiences of Discrimination.
abstract: There is an extensive body of work documenting the negative socioemotional and academic consequences of perceiving racial/ethnic discrimination during adolescence, but little is known about how the larger peer context conditions such effects. Using peer network data from 252 eighth graders (85% Latino, 11% African American, 5% other race/ethnicity), the present study examined the moderating role of cross-ethnic friendships and close friends' experiences of discrimination in the link between adolescents' perceptions of discrimination and well-being. Cross-ethnic friendships and friends' experiences of discrimination generally served a protective role, buffering the negative effects of discrimination on both socioemotional well-being and school outcomes. Overall, results highlight the importance of considering racial/ethnic-related aspects of adolescents' friendships when studying interpersonal processes closely tied to race/ethnicity.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas at Austin.
authors.forename: Aprile D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Benner
authors.affiliation: Fordham University.
authors.forename: Yijie
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-3614-9267
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D063505:Racism / Q000208:ethnology*