OBJECTIVE Previous empirical research on pubertal development among Black boys is limited. The present study examined the ethnic-racial composition of neighborhoods as a moderator in the relation between pubertal indicators and depressive symptoms among a nationally representative sample of African American and Caribbean Black boys. METHOD The present study utilized the male sample (N = 559) from the National Survey of American Life Adolescent sample (Jackson et al., 2004). The sample consists of 395 African American and 164 Caribbean Black boys ages 13-17 years who completed measures of relative pubertal timing, voice changes, pubic hair growth, and depressive symptoms. RESULTS The results indicate that Black boys with early developing hair growth who lived in neighborhoods with higher percentages of Black residents had higher depressive symptoms compared to their early developing counterparts in neighborhoods with fewer Black residents. African American males with early developing hair growth had higher depressive symptoms compared to Caribbean Black males with early developing hair growth regardless of neighborhood context. CONCLUSION Early pubertal timing is a risk for African American boys' mental health regardless of neighborhood context. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

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非裔美国人和加勒比黑人男性的青春期、抑郁症状和社区环境。

目的 先前关于黑人男孩青春期发育的实证研究有限。本研究以具有全国代表性的非裔美国和加勒比黑人男孩样本为对象，考察了社区的民族构成作为青春期指标与抑郁症状之间关系的调节因素。方法 本研究使用来自美国青少年生活全国调查样本（Jackson 等，2004）的男性样本（N = 559）。该样本由 395 名 13-17 岁非裔美国男孩和 164 名加勒比黑人男孩组成，他们完成了相对青春期时间、声音变化、阴毛生长和抑郁症状的测量。结果 结果表明，与居住在黑人居民较少的社区的早期头发生长的黑人男孩相比，居住在黑人居民比例较高的社区的早期头发生长的黑人男孩的抑郁症状更高。无论社区背景如何，与毛发早期生长的加勒比黑人男性相比，毛发早期生长的非裔美国男性具有更高的抑郁症状。结论 无论社区背景如何，青春期提前对非裔美国男孩的心理健康都是一个风险。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。