Racial discrimination can lead to psychosocial problems for Black adolescents, including internalization (e.g., depression) and externalization (e.g., conduct problems). Black parents (N = 186; M_age = 42.9) of adolescents (ages 10–18) were assessed to investigate how parental worries and racial socialization competency (i.e., confidence, skills, and stress) contribute to the association between parental discrimination experiences and their adolescents’ psychosocial problems. Mediation analyses indicated that the total direct models with discrimination, worries, and problems had good fit, and that the addition of worry mediated the discrimination-problems association. Furthermore, racial socialization competency moderated the association between worry and problems, wherein greater competency was associated with less impact of worry on problems. Findings illuminate potential intervention targets for buffering discrimination’s influence on adolescents’ psychosocial functioning.

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中断从歧视到黑人青少年心理社会结果的途径：父母种族担忧和种族社会化能力的贡献

种族歧视会导致黑人青少年出现心理社会问题，包括内化（如抑郁）和外化（如行为问题）。黑人父母 ( N  = 186; M_年龄 = 42.9) 的青少年（10-18 岁）进行了评估，以调查父母的担忧和种族社会化能力（即自信、技能和压力）如何促成父母歧视经历与其青少年心理社会问题之间的关联。中介分析表明，带有歧视、担忧和问题的总直接模型具有良好的拟合度，并且担忧的加入调节了歧视-问题关联。此外，种族社会化能力缓和了担忧与问题之间的关联，其中能力越高，担忧对问题的影响越小。研究结果阐明了缓冲歧视对青少年心理社会功能影响的潜在干预目标。