The study addresses how African American adolescents are resilient when exposed to discrimination. We examine racial identity as a buffer between cumulative stressful events and aggression attitudes in 285 adolescents (M = 15.41, SD = 1.38). Boys report more general beliefs about aggression than girls. Girls with low racial identity are more vulnerable for general beliefs about aggression when exposed to greater negative youth experiences. However, boys with high racial identity have greater general beliefs about aggression as their negative youth experiences increase. Racial identity has a protective-enhancing buffering affect for adolescent girls and a protective-reactive effect for boys.

该研究探讨了非洲裔美国青少年在遭受歧视时如何具有韧性。我们研究了种族身份作为285名青少年中累积压力事件和攻击态度之间的缓冲（M = 15.41，SD = 1.38）。与女孩相比，男孩报告的关于侵略的普遍观念更为普遍。种族身份低下的女孩在面对更多负面的青年经历时，更容易受到关于侵略的普遍信仰。然而，具有较高种族认同感的男孩随着对青少年的消极经历的增加，对侵略的一般信念也更高。种族身份对青春期女孩具有保护增强的缓冲作用，对男孩具有保护反应活性。