Adverse childhood experiences and health disparities profoundly affect the health of ethnic minority adolescents and influence their overall well-being. In light of current health disparities and civil unrest, this secondary analysis sought to better understand resilience among ethnic minority adolescents living in rural eastern North Carolina (NC). Using Ungar’s (2013) Theory of Resilience and Seven Tensions, the two tensions that depicted the most adversity for these adolescents were social justice and power and control. Racism and discrimination were identified as prevalent risk factors. Four tensions in the model, cultural adherence, identity, cohesion, and access to material resources, were linked to protective factors and represented ethnocultural pride. Findings suggest that rural-dwelling African American and Latinx adolescents share concerns related to racial adversity but navigate their ecological experiences in unique ways.

不良的童年经历和健康差异深刻影响少数民族青少年的健康并影响他们的整体福祉。鉴于当前的健康差异和内乱，这项二次分析旨在更好地了解生活在北卡罗来纳州东部农村地区的少数族裔青少年的复原力。使用Ungar（2013）的韧性和七种紧张理论，描述这些青少年最逆境的两种紧张是社会正义以及权力和控制。种族主义和歧视被确定为普遍的风险因素。该模型中的四种紧张关系：文化依从性、身份认同、凝聚力和物质资源的获取，与保护性因素相关并代表了民族文化自豪感。研究结果表明，居住在农村的非裔美国人和拉丁裔青少年对种族逆境有着共同的担忧，但以独特的方式应对他们的生态经历。