Purpose

Experiencing racial discrimination in everyday life can have lasting detrimental effects on Black American youth. Conduct problems are one of the consequences of discriminatory experiences. The present study examined whether the effects of discrimination on conduct problems vary by the levels of ethnic-racial socialization youth experience.

Methods

A sample of 472 Black American youth provided five waves of survey data from ages 11-15 (June 2013 – December 2017). We tested the moderating effect of different types of ethnic-racial socialization (preparation for bias, cultural socialization, promotion of mistrust) on the association between discrimination and conduct problems using logistic regression analyses.

Results

We found that cultural socialization significantly moderates the effects of racial discrimination on conduct problems. Promotion of mistrust was directly associated with increased risk for conduct problems.

Discussion

Findings suggest that high levels of cultural socialization are beneficial to mitigate the effect of discrimination on conduct problems. Promotion of mistrust needs to be avoided but future research is warranted to investigate if promotion of mistrust can be helpful to youth in certain contexts.

中文翻译：

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美国黑人青年的种族歧视和行为问题：种族种族社会化的调节作用

目的

在日常生活中经历种族歧视会对美国黑人青年产生持久的不利影响。行为问题是歧视性经历的后果之一。本研究考察了歧视对行为问题的影响是否因族裔-种族社会化青年经历的水平而异。

方法

472 名美国黑人青年的样本提供了 11 至 15 岁（2013 年 6 月至 2017 年 12 月）的五轮调查数据。我们使用逻辑回归分析测试了不同类型的种族社会化（准备偏见、文化社会化、促进不信任）对歧视和行为问题之间关联的调节作用。

结果

我们发现文化社会化显着缓和了种族歧视对行为问题的影响。促进不信任与行为问题风险增加直接相关。

讨论

研究结果表明，高水平的文化社会化有利于减轻歧视对行为问题的影响。需要避免促进不信任，但未来的研究有必要调查在某些情况下促进不信任是否有助于青年。