OBJECTIVES The present study used a nationally representative sample of African American and Caribbean Black adolescents to examine whether relative pubertal timing moderated the relation between general and racial discrimination experiences and self-esteem. It was anticipated that discrimination experiences would be more harmful for early maturing African American and Caribbean Black girls and boys compared to their on-time and late counterparts. METHOD The participants included 1170 youth (e.g., 563 males and 607 females) from the National Survey of American Life-Adolescent (NSAL-A) who ranged in age from 13 to 17. Youth completed self-report measures of pubertal development, general and racial discrimination experiences, and self-esteem. RESULTS Moderation was evident such that African American and Caribbean Black girls who perceived their pubertal development as early relative to their same-age and same-sex peers exhibited higher self-esteem than African American and Caribbean Black girls who perceived their development as late at high levels of general discrimination experiences. Moderation was not evident for racial discrimination experiences among African American and Caribbean Black girls, nor was it evident for general and racial discrimination experiences among African American and Caribbean Black males. CONCLUSIONS The findings suggest that relative pubertal timing operates as a potential moderator for general discrimination experiences among African American and Caribbean Black girls. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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青春期时机作为非裔美国人和加勒比黑人青年普遍歧视经历与自尊之间的协调者。

目的本研究使用具有国家代表性的非裔美国人和加勒比黑人青少年样本，研究相对青春期是否减轻了一般性和种族歧视经历与自尊之间的关系。可以预见的是，与按时和按时的同龄人相比，歧视经验对较早成熟的非洲裔美国人和加勒比黑人女孩和男孩而言，危害更大。方法参加者包括美国国家青少年生命调查（NSAL-A）中的1170名青年（例如563名男性和607名女性），年龄从13岁到17岁。青年完成了关于青春期，一般和青少年发育的自我报告指标种族歧视经历和自尊心。结果有明显的节制性，与认为同龄和同性同龄人较早的青春期发育的非洲裔美国人和加勒比黑人女孩相比，在较晚时才意识到自己发育的非洲裔美国人和加勒比黑人女孩表现出更高的自尊心一般歧视经历的水平。非裔美国人和加勒比黑人女孩之间的种族歧视经验并不明显，非裔美国人和加勒比黑人男性中的普遍歧视和种族歧视经验也不明显。结论研究结果表明，相对的青春期时机可能是非裔美国人和加勒比黑人女孩普遍歧视经历的潜在调节者。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。