There is a growing body of research linking racial and ethnic discrimination to adverse youth outcomes. Beyond experienced racial and ethnic discrimination, this study considers the relevance of anticipated and vicarious racial and ethnic discrimination for depression and suicidal behavior. Hierarchical regression models on a diverse sample of 1147 youth (50.31 % female) within 79 neighborhoods from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods indicated that experienced, anticipated, and vicarious racial and ethnic discrimination were associated with an increased risk of depression and suicidal behavior. Additionally, African American and Hispanic youth were disproportionately exposed to—but not differentially impacted by—racial and ethnic discrimination. Findings suggest that developmental research should account for experienced, anticipated, and vicarious racial and ethnic discrimination.

越来越多的研究将种族和民族歧视与不良青年结果联系起来。除了经历过的种族和民族歧视之外，本研究还考虑了预期和替代的种族和民族歧视与抑郁症和自杀行为的相关性。来自芝加哥社区人类发展项目的 79 个社区内 1147 名青年（50.31% 女性）的不同样本的分层回归模型表明，经历过、预期和替代的种族和民族歧视与抑郁症和自杀行为的风险增加有关. 此外，非裔美国人和西班牙裔青年不成比例地受到种族和民族歧视的影响——但没有受到不同程度的影响。研究结果表明，发展研究应该考虑到有经验的、以及替代性的种族和民族歧视。