OBJECTIVE Previous minority stress scholarship has investigated racism as both a constituent to stress and as an independent psychosocial stressor. It is generally understood that experiences of racism operate differently to affect mental health outcomes compared to general life stress. Racism is consistently implicated in poor psychological health outcomes among Arab Americans. Experiences of racism may be particularly harmful among Arab American adolescents who are in a critical developmental period. This study tested a minority stress framework among Arab American adolescents by examining the association between racism and psychological symptoms both directly and indirectly via stress. METHOD The sample included 223 Arab American adolescents whose ages ranged from 13 to 18 (M = 15.63, SD = 1.26; 51.1% boys; 49.3% Lebanese) drawn from the Detroit metropolitan area. Participants responded to measures of racism, stress, and internalizing and externalizing psychological symptoms. RESULTS The structural equation model provided good model fit to the data and indirect effects testing showed that the association between racism and psychological symptoms via general stress was statistically significant (z = 3.48, p < .001). Greater racism was associated with more psychological symptoms in the presence and absence of general stress. The magnitude of the association between racism and psychological symptoms was attenuated with stress included in the model. The association remained statistically significant and reasonably robust. CONCLUSIONS Findings support racism as both a unique construct and an adjunct to general stress that is positively correlated with psychological symptoms among Arab American adolescents. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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一个检查阿拉伯裔美国青少年种族主义、压力和心理症状的结构模型。

目标 以前的少数族裔压力奖学金将种族主义作为压力的组成部分和独立的社会心理压力源进行了调查。人们普遍认为，与一般生活压力相比，种族主义经历对心理健康结果的影响不同。种族主义一直与阿拉伯裔美国人心理健康状况不佳有关。种族主义经历对处于关键发育时期的阿拉伯裔美国青少年尤其有害。这项研究通过直接和间接地通过压力检查种族主义与心理症状之间的关联，测试了阿拉伯裔美国青少年的少数压力框架。方法 样本包括 223 名年龄在 13 到 18 岁之间的阿拉伯裔美国青少年（M = 15.63，SD = 1.26；51.1% 男孩；49. 3% 的黎巴嫩人）来自底特律都会区。参与者对种族主义、压力、内化和外化心理症状的措施做出了回应。结果 结构方程模型为数据提供了良好的模型拟合，间接效应测试表明，通过一般压力，种族主义与心理症状之间的关联具有统计学意义（z = 3.48，p <.001）。在存在和不存在一般压力的情况下，更大的种族主义与更多的心理症状有关。模型中包含的压力减弱了种族主义与心理症状之间关联的程度。该关联在统计上仍然显着且相当稳健。结论 研究结果支持种族主义既是一种独特的结构，又是普遍压力的一种附属物，这种压力与阿拉伯裔美国青少年的心理症状呈正相关。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。