Experiences of racial discrimination are common among Black youth and predict worse mental health cross-sectionally and over time. Additional research is needed to address lingering questions regarding the direction of effect(s) underlying these patterns, differences in the magnitude of effects across adolescence, and gender differences. To address these gaps, the current study tested bidirectional linkages between racial discrimination and depressive symptoms at the between- (interpersonal) and within- (intrapersonal) level using 4 waves of data from 889 Black youth (54% female) from Georgia and Iowa. Participants reported experiences of racial discrimination and depressive symptoms at ages 10.6 years (Wave 1), 12.5 years (Wave 2), 15.7 years (Wave 3), and 18.8 years (Wave 4). The cross-lagged panel model (CLPM) was used to examine between-person associations over time, and the random intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM) was used to examine within-person associations over time. Results were consistent across models, revealing significant concurrent associations between racial discrimination and depressive symptoms, significant lagged effects from racial discrimination to depressive symptoms, and no significant lagged effects from depressive symptoms to racial discrimination. Effects did not differ across adolescence, and there were few gender differences in the degree of association between racial discrimination and depressive symptoms. Findings provide rigorous evidence that experiencing greater racial discrimination is associated with increases in depressive symptoms throughout adolescence and add to a growing body of work showing that racial discrimination can undermine mental health and well-being among Black youth. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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种族歧视预示着黑人青年在整个青春期都会出现抑郁症状。


种族歧视的经历在黑人青年中很常见，这预示着随着时间的推移，跨部门的心理健康状况会恶化。需要进行更多的研究来解决有关这些模式背后的影响方向、整个青春期影响程度的差异以及性别差异等挥之不去的问题。为了解决这些差距，当前的研究使用来自乔治亚州和爱荷华州 889 名黑人青年（54% 女性）的 4 波数据，测试了种族歧视与抑郁症状之间在人际（人际）和内部（人际）层面上的双向联系。参与者在 10.6 岁（第 1 波）、12.5 岁（第 2 波）、15.7 岁（第 3 波）和 18.8 岁（第 4 波）时报告了种族歧视和抑郁症状的经历。交叉滞后面板模型（CLPM）用于检查人与人之间的关联随时间的变化，随机截距交叉滞后面板模型（RI-CLPM）用于检查人内随时间的关联。不同模型的结果是一致的，揭示了种族歧视和抑郁症状之间存在显着的并发关联，种族歧视对抑郁症状有显着的滞后效应，而抑郁症状对种族歧视没有显着的滞后效应。整个青春期的影响没有差异，种族歧视与抑郁症状之间的关联程度几乎没有性别差异。研究结果提供了强有力的证据，表明经历更严重的种族歧视与整个青春期抑郁症状的增加有关，并增加了越来越多的研究表明种族歧视会损害黑人青年的心理健康和福祉。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。