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From Truth-Telling to Imagining New Possibilities: Listening to Youth, Families, and Communities of Color Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-05-05 Deborah Rivas-Drake
Every day that people of color are hyper-surveilled, harmed, threatened, diminished, dehumanized, and disenfranchised is a day absent of racial justice. In my view, this special section illuminates two critically important truths of oppression: First, it shows up physically, psychologically, and socially (e.g., the sequelae of racism), and second, the locus of the cause of the oppression is in institutions
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Every Day Matters: Using Daily Methods to Understand Oppression and BIPOC Youth Development in Context Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Yijie Wang
There is an increasing use of daily methods (e.g., daily diaries, experience sampling method) by research investigating the roles of oppression, racism, and discrimination on Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) youth adjustment. This commentary discusses several promising directions in which daily methods can help (1) understand adolescents’ oppression-related experiences in everyday life
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Studying Ethnic-Racial Identity among White Youth: White Supremacy as a Developmental Context Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-04-28 Ursula Moffitt, Leoandra Onnie Rogers
As developmental scholars increasingly study ethnic and racial identity among white youth, careful reflection is needed regarding its framing, implementation, and interpretation. In this three-part conceptual paper, we offer a foundation for such reflection. First, we discuss the sociocultural context of white supremacy that shapes U.S. society, psychology, and adolescent development, and situate the
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“We Understand You Hate Us”: Latinx Immigrant-Origin Adolescents' Coping with Social Exclusion Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-04-25 Guadalupe López Hernández
Little research has focused on how adolescents are faring with the national context of exclusion. Growing evidence suggests that exclusionary efforts signal messages of who belongs (and who does not) in the United States. This study draws from a risk and resilience model to understand how Latinx immigrant-origin adolescents react and adapt to social exclusion. A total of 41 adolescents between the
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The Associations between Contextual and Cultural Stressors, Internaizing Symptoms, and Social Support Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-04-24 Daphney F. Chancy, Dawn P. Witherspoon, Wei Wei, Briah Glover, Diane L. Hughes, Niobe Way
The current study aims to examine the associations between neighborhood safety, racial-ethnic discrimination, and depressive symptoms, as well as explore social support as a protective factor using the Minority Stress Model for three different BIPOC groups (i.e. African American, Puerto Rican, and Dominican). African American and Latino youth living in urban environments often encounter multiple stressors
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The Roles of Cultural Mistrust and Mentoring in Latinx Adolescents’ Attitudes Toward School Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Alexander J. O’Donnell, Kara Harris, Bernadette Sánchez, Kay Thursby
Using the frameworks of Latino Critical Race Theory (LatCrit) and an integrative model of developmental competencies, this study examined the roles of cultural mistrust toward education and natural mentoring relationship quality in the academic outcomes of Latinx adolescents. Participants were 294 Latinx students (52.9% female; mean age 15 years in 9th grade; 21% first-generation, 63% second-generation
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An Intersectional-Contextual Approach to Racial Trauma Exposure Risk and Coping Among Black Youth Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-04-19 Chardée A. Galán, Evan E. Auguste, Naila A. Smith, Jocelyn I. Meza
Black youth experience racial discrimination at higher rates than other racial/ethnic groups in the United States. To identify how racism can simultaneously serve as a risk factor for adverse childhood experience (ACE) exposure, a discrete type of ACE and a post-ACE mental health risk factor among Black youth, The culturally informed adverse childhood experience (C-ACE) model describes how racism can
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A Retrospective Analysis of Racial Discrimination Experiences for Latinx Adolescents and Young Adults Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-04-18 Michelle C. Pasco, Nilda Flores-González, Annabelle Lin Atkin
Encounters with racial discrimination occur from various sources and contexts for Latinx youth. From a historical context, Latinx have long experienced anti-immigrant sentiment and have been treated as perpetual foreigners. This study centers the voices of U.S.-born Latinx youth and explores their experiences of discrimination in 83 in-depth interviews (15–25 years, 𝑥̃ x~ age = 21.27, SD = 2.10; 58%
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Personalized Neural Networks Underlie Individual Differences in Ethnic Identity Exploration and Resolution Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-04-16 Kevin Constante, Michael I. Demidenko, Edward D. Huntley, Deborah Rivas-Drake, Daniel P. Keating, Adriene M. Beltz
This study examined how ethnic identity relates to large-scale brain networks implicated in social interactions, social cognition, self-definition, and cognitive control. Group Iterative Multiple Model Estimation (GIMME) was used to create sparse, person-specific networks among the default mode and frontoparietal resting-state networks in a diverse sample of 104 youths aged 17–21. Links between neural
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Daily Discrimination and Affect in Latinx Adolescent-Parent Dyads Residing in Northeast United States Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-04-10 Mayra Y. Bámaca, Griselda Martinez, Kingsley M. Schroeder, Frances M. Lobo, Dawn P. Witherspoon
In this 14-day study, we tested whether Latinx adolescents’ (Mage = 12.76 years, 52% female; 52% U.S. born; N = 21) and parents’ (95% female; 24% U.S. born) daily discrimination experiences were associated with their own and other’s daily affective states. Results indicated that on days when adolescents reported discrimination, they reported higher negative affect and marginally lower positive affect
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Systems of Oppression: The Impact of Discrimination on Latinx Immigrant Adolescents’ Well-Being and Development Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Stephanie A. Torres, Susana S. Sosa, Roxanna J. Flores Toussaint, Sarah Jolie, Yvita Bustos
With over 400 harmful immigration policy changes in the past 4 years, Latinx adolescents and families nationwide are developing within a context of extreme anti-immigrant sentiment (Dismantling and reconstructing the U.S. immigration system: A catalog of changes under the Trump presidency, Migration Policy Institute, 2020). This paper introduces the Multitiered Model of Oppression and Discrimination
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Everyday Acts of Resistance: Mexican, Undocumented Immigrant Children and Adolescents Navigating Oppression With Mentor Support Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Bernadette Sánchez, Yesenia Garcia-Murillo, Lidia Y. Monjaras-Gaytan, Kay Thursby, Grevelin Ulerio, Wendy de los Reyes, Ida R. Salusky, Claudio S. Rivera
Study aims were to examine oppression in education among Mexican immigrant youth with undocumented status and how mentors and other adults helped them resist oppression. Qualitative, narrative one-on-one interviews were conducted with 17 Mexican immigrant young adults with undocumented or DACA status in the U.S. Participants provided retrospective accounts from childhood through older adolescence.
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Showing Up: A Theoretical Model of Anti-Racist Identity and Action for Latinx Youth Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-03-31 Josefina Bañales, Deborah Rivas-Drake
Historical and contemporary political events underscore that Latinx people do not necessarily view race and racism in the United States through a shared lens with other Latinx people and other communities of color. Thus, it is critical to understand how Latinx youth develop attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that challenge white supremacy—or anti-racist identities and behaviors—that actively disrupt
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Transformative Student Voice for Sociopolitical Development: Developing Youth of Color as Political Actors Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-03-29 Carlos P. Hipolito-Delgado, Dane Stickney, Shelley Zion, Ben Kirshner
Although youth activism often is sparked by unexpected events, the seeds of activism are planted in learning environments that cultivate community, critical reflection, and sociopolitical action. Recent studies suggest promising outcomes from transformative student voice (TSV) programming, but more work is needed that assesses the impact of TSV participation for youth of color. We surveyed 294 students
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Centering the Heterogeneity of Black Adolescents' Experiences: Guidance for Within-Group Designs among African Diasporic Communities Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-03-25 Vanessa V. Volpe, Naila A. Smith, Olivenne D. Skinner, Fantasy T. Lozada, Elan C. Hope, Juan Del Toro
Despite notable improvements in theory and methods that center the lived experiences of Black adolescents, White supremacy endures in developmental science. In this article, we focus on one methodological manifestation of White supremacy—sampling decisions that assume Black adolescents are a homogeneous group. We examine overlooked concerns about within-group designs with Black adolescents, such as
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Adolescent Emotion Regulation and Future Psychopathology: A Prospective Transdiagnostic Analysis Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-03-17 Robert J. Klein, Nhi D. Nguyen, Joseph A. Gyorda, Nicholas C. Jacobson
Transdiagnostic frameworks posit a causal link between emotion regulation (ER) ability and psychopathology. However, there is little supporting longitudinal evidence for such frameworks. Among N = 1,262 adolescents, we examined the prospective bidirectional relationship between ER and future pathological anxiety, depression, and substance dependence symptoms in 10 assessment waves over 7 years. In
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Prospective Associations Between Pornography Viewing and Sexual Aggression Among Adolescents Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-03-16 Emily A. Waterman, Rose Wesche, Grace Morris, Katie M. Edwards, Victoria L. Banyard
Adolescence is a critical period for sexuality development; this study examined prospective associations between pornography use and sexual aggression using a longitudinal study of middle and high school students surveyed five times across 3 years (mean age = 13.7 years at baseline; 53.2% female; 76.5% White; 21.0% Native American; 88.9% heterosexual). Across waves, 15.7%–29.0% of adolescents had viewed
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Peer Adversity Predicts Interpersonal Needs in Adolescent Girls Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-03-07 Haley V. Skymba, Cali Joyce, Eva H. Telzer, Karen D. Rudolph
The need to belong (NTB) and need for approval (NFA) are fundamental interpersonal needs vital to social development. Although these needs are universal, individual differences in the strength of these needs likely emerge from critical social experiences. In particular, given the growing salience of peer social evaluation and belonging across adolescence, interpersonal needs during this stage may be
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Corrigendum Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-03-03
In the article by Andrea M. Hussong et al. (2021), the author would like to remove the below acknowledgment section. Funding for this project was provided by the Expanding the Science and Practice of Gratitude Project run by UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center in partnership with UC Davis and by the John Templeton Foundation for earlier waves of data collection. For the most recent data collection
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Lessons of Resistance from Black Mothers to their Black Sons Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Sohini Das, Jessica Pitts, Kristina Arevalo, Blair Cox, Tessa Blood, Diane Hughes, Vallone Coulanges, Caitlin Keryc, Onnie Rogers, Niobe Way
In negotiating the anti-Black oppression, Black mothers communicate lessons of resistance in their racial socialization messages to their Black adolescent boys. We investigate whether distinct strategies of resistance for survival, characterized by individual-focused immediate strategies of resistance, and resistance for liberation, strategies of resistance that disrupt systems of anti-Black oppression
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Black Lives and Black Research Matter: How our Collective Emotions Continue to Drive a Movement Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-02-28 Angel S. Dunbar
The author discusses (1) how the collective emotional experience of the Black community has propelled two parallel movements, Black Lives Matter and Black Research Matters, (2) the state of developmental science as it pertains to Black youth, and (3) suggestions for future research to integrate across fields and to evolve beyond Black pain to incorporate Black joy. The author suggests that the palpable
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Spotlighting Black Adolescent Development in the Shadow of Racism: A Commentary Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-02-23 Vonnie C. McLoyd
The special issue brings together scholarship that expands our understanding of the adverse effects of interpersonal, online, and vicarious racial discrimination on Black adolescents’ psychosocial well-being and sociocultural factors (e.g., racial socialization and positive racial identity) that mitigate these effects. It also focuses attention on ways that adolescents’ behavior and characteristics
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Black Lives Matter! Adolescent Research Incrementally Dismantles Racism and Systems of Oppression Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-02-21 Dawn P. Witherspoon, Laura Wray-Lake, Linda C. Halgunseth
This Black Lives Matter! Special Issue uses diverse methods to examine how multiple systems of oppression at different levels (individual, institutional, and structural) affect Black youth. Through an intersectionality lens, scholars examine how gender, sexual orientation, skin tone, and socioeconomic status create unique experiences for Black youth. Collectively, the 17 papers address the sweeping
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Intersecting Structural Oppression and Suicidality Among Black Sexual Minority Male Adolescents and Emerging Adults Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-02-15 Devin English, Cheriko A. Boone, Joseph A. Carter, Ali J. Talan, Danielle R. Busby, Raymond L. Moody, Diamond J. Cunningham, Lisa Bowleg, H. Jonathon Rendina
This study examined associations between structural racism, anti-LGBTQ policies, and suicide risk among young sexual minority men (SMM). Participants were a 2017–2018 Internet-based U.S. national sample of 497 Black and 1536 White SMM (ages 16–25). Structural equation modeling tested associations from indicators of structural racism, anti-LGBTQ policies, and their interaction to suicide risk factors
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Engagement Coping Responses to Adolescents’ Negative Racialized Experiences Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-02-14 Ciara Smalls Glover, Aisha Walker, Josefina Bañales
This study examined thematic patterns of parents’ engaged coping messages in response to their adolescents’ negative race-based experiences. Ten focus groups were conducted with 73 Black parents from a Southeastern city (73% female). Using modified grounded theory, narratives that supported adolescent engaged coping were coded for three ethnic-racial socialization messages, the perpetrator, and the
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Blurred Eras: Historical and Contemporary Socio-Ecological Contexts of Development and Adjustment of Black American Adolescents Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-02-14 Velma McBride Murry
This commentary reflects on research studies included in this special issue, Black Lives Matter! Systems of Oppression Affecting Black Youth. A key finding in these studies is significance of developmental and social behavioral sciences to center systemic racism and oppression in studies of Black youth to more fully understand and explain how contextual factors and processes impact their everyday life
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It’s About Time Black Lives Matter: The Urgency of Research on Black Youth Development Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-02-12 Mia A. Smith-Bynum
The events of the past decade underscore with withering banality the depth of American racism and the disturbing normalcy of racial trauma Black adolescents endure every day. I comment on the significance of the timing and scope of the Special Issue. I also highlight the contributions that push new boundaries on established topics such as ethnic-racial identity, racial socialization, emotional development
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Youth’s Family and Non-Family Roles as Predictors of Subjective Adulthood in Three Low-Income Agricultural Settings Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-01-24 Erick Axxe, Sarah R. Hayford, Natalie D. Eggum
Subjective adulthood, or feeling like an adult, captures identity development relative to the local context that shapes life course processes. Most research on this topic is conducted in wealthy developed countries. Instead, we draw on household-based survey data from the Family Migration and Early Life Outcomes project (FAMELO) to estimate ordinal logistic regression models predicting how often adolescents
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Guidance or Gatekeeping: An Audit Examination of Racial Discrimination in Leading STEM High Schools Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-01-24 Jayley Janssen, Eleanor Seaton, Justin Jager, Cindy Faith Miller
Racial discrimination remains a mechanism by which ethnic–racial minorities are restricted from power. We examined whether racial discrimination restricts ethnic–racial minority access to high-achieving STEM schools. We conducted an audit correspondence experiment to investigate racial discrimination in guidance counselor responsiveness to 976 emails from fictitious Asian, Black, Latina, and White
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Coping with Ethnic–racial Discrimination: Short-term Longitudinal Relations Among Black and Latinx College Students Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-01-19 Elana R. McDermott, Katharine H. Zeiders, Antoinette M. Landor, Selena Carbajal
Little is known about how Black and Latinx young adults cope with experiences of ethnic–racial discrimination, particularly over short periods of time. A multigroup path model examined the relations between discrimination and five strategies for coping with ethnic–racial discrimination (talking with others, being proud, working hard, being rude, and ignoring) among Black and Latinx young adults (N = 145)
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Shift and Persist in Mexican American Youth: A Longitudinal Test of Depressive Symptoms Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-01-17 Gabriela L. Stein, Michaeline Jensen, Noah Keita Christophe, Rick A. Cruz, Michelle Martin Romero, Richard Robins
This paper tested whether shift-&-persist coping, or coping involving the combination of cognitive reappraisal, acceptance, and optimism (Chen & Miller, Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2012, 7, 135), attenuates the risks presented by economic hardship and ethnic discrimination for change in depressive symptoms from 9th to 12th grade, in a sample of 674 Mexican American youth (Mage W1 = 10.86;
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Critical Consciousness Socialization at School: Classroom Climate, Perceived Societal Islamophobia, and Critical Action Among Adolescents Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-01-17 Miriam Schwarzenthal, Linda P. Juang, Ursula Moffitt, Maja K. Schachner
Schools are key contexts for the development of adolescents’ critical consciousness. We explored how three dimensions of the classroom cultural diversity climate (critical consciousness, color-evasion, and multiculturalism) related to adolescents’ critical reflection (i.e., perceived societal Islamophobia) and intended critical action (i.e., political activism). Our sample included adolescents experiencing
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Understanding Racial Attitudes Among Students and Teachers in a Ethnically/Racially Diverse High School Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-01-17 Alexandra N. Davis, Gustavo Carlo, Denise Bennett, Wendy Gallarza, Dominic Saiz
This study examined the role of racial attitudes in a diverse high school setting. Teachers and students were recruited from a public charter high school in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The final sample consisted of 19 students and 10 teachers who participated in face-to-face interviews regarding racial attitudes and racial bias in the academic setting. Three themes emerged among the teacher interviews:
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The Influence of Sociocultural Beliefs on Adolescents’ Moral and Tolerance Evaluations Toward Corruption Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-01-17 Cristhian A. Martínez, Roberto Posada
In the present research, we examine how sociocultural beliefs facilitate more positive and tolerant evaluations toward corruption. Ninety-six adolescents from 6th grade (M = 11.9 years), 11th grade (M = 16.6 years), and college (M = 20.5 years), from Colombia—a country with high levels of corruption—evaluated how morally right and acceptable were bribery and nepotism across a baseline condition without
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Black and Latinx Adolescents’ Developing Commitment to Antiracist Activism Over Four Years of High School Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-01-15 Sidney May, Scott Seider, Aaliyah El-Amin, Brianna Diaz, Daren Graves
This qualitative study considered the development of a commitment to antiracist activism among Black and Latinx adolescents (n = 50) over 4 years of high school. Four waves of interviews with participating adolescents were analysed using a critical consciousness framework to consider participants’ descriptions of their developing commitment to antiracist activism and the factors contributing to this
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School Pushout: The Role of Supportive Strategies Versus Punitive Practices for LGBT Youth of Color Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-01-13 Shannon D. Snapp, Jack K. Day, Stephen. T. Russell
Recently, schools have focused on supportive (e.g., behavioral supports) rather than punitive (e.g., suspension) strategies to reduce school pushout among marginalized youth. We examined the association between suspension and discipline practices for students with intersecting identities (e.g., LGBT youth of color). We used teacher and student data from 1,091 schools that participated in the California
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I Am Whatever I Say I Am: The Salient Identity Content of U.S. Adolescents Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-01-10 Sara K. Johnson, Katharine Odjakjian, Yerin Park
Research about identity development has focused primarily on researcher-chosen domains or overlooked content entirely. To investigate the content that is salient to adolescents, we analyzed responses to a shortened Twenty Statements Test (ten answers to the question, “Who am I?”) from 415 adolescents in the northeastern United States (Mage = 13.59 years; 63.7% girls, about 50% identified as White/European
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The Mediating Role of Home–School Dissonance in Linking Maternal Discrimination to Latin American-Origin Adolescent Academic Performance Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-01-06 Roushanac Partovi, Esther J. Calzada, Kathleen M. Roche, Todd D. Little, Maria Jose Sanchez Roman
Latin American-origin parents play an important role in supporting the formal education of their youth, but cultural, linguistic, and systemic barriers make parent involvement difficult. The aim of the present study was to examine how Latina mothers’ experiences with discrimination were associated with short-term changes in their adolescent children’s academic performance, directly and indirectly through
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Trauma Made in America: The Consequences of Violent Victimization for Immigrant Youth in Early Adulthood Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-01-03 Julie L. Kuper, Jillian J. Turanovic
Research finds that adolescent violent victimization results in numerous lasting negative life consequences. However, the long-term impacts of victimization are understudied among immigrant youth. Using a subsample of 952 immigrants from Waves I–III of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, regression models are specified to determine whether violent victimization in adolescence
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U.S. Mexican-Origin Adolescents’ Well-Being in the Context of Neighborhood White Concentration Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2021-12-27 Rebecca M. B. White, Carmen Kho, Rajni L. Nair
To address injustices that privilege whiter neighborhoods, many advocate for residential integration. The developmental consequences of greater exposure to whiteness associated with integration, however, are unclear. Research examining BIPOC adolescent development within the context of intraindividual changes in neighborhood white concentration—the changes that take place if an adolescent moves to
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The Phenotypic, Psychological, and Social Interplays of Skin Color and Developmental Outcomes among Mexican-origin Adolescents Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2021-12-22 Jun Wang, Jinjin Yan, Kayla M. Osman, Xin Li, Katharine H. Zeiders, Yishan Shen, Melissa Victory, Su Yeong Kim
Mexican-origin children from immigrant families are impacted by various systemic oppressions in life. The study seeks to examine how adolescents’ developmental outcomes are associated with specific phenotypic, psychological, and social features of skin color, as manifested by skin tone, skin color satisfaction, and foreigner stress. By taking a holistic approach, we examine both positive and negative
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Emotion Recognition and Inhibitory Control in Adolescent Players of Violent Video Games Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2021-12-16 Ewa Miedzobrodzka, Elly A. Konijn, Lydia Krabbendam
Developmental changes during adolescence may make youth susceptible to violent media effects. Two studies with male adolescents (N1 = 241; N2 = 161; aged 12–17) examined how habitual and short-term violent video gaming may affect emotion recognition and inhibitory control. We found that not habitual exposure to violent video games, but to antisocial media content predicted worse emotion recognition
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Adolescents Are More Likely to Help Others on Days They Take Risks and Crave Social Connections Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2021-12-14 Emma Armstrong-Carter, Emily S. Bibby, Melissa Burroughs, Jessica E. Flannery, Benjamin W. Nelson, Natasha Duell, Mitch J. Prinstein, Eva H. Telzer
This study examined how adolescents’ risk-taking behaviors were related to their prosocial behaviors on a daily level and how this association differed depending on adolescents’ daily and average levels of sensation seeking and social craving. Adolescents (N = 212; Mage = 15 years) completed daily diaries for 14 days. Adolescents were more likely to engage in prosocial behavior on days when they also
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Social Contagion and General Diffusion Models of Adolescent Religious Transitions: A Tutorial, and EMOSA Applications Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2021-12-10 Andriy Koval, William Howard Beasley, Oleksandra Hararuk, Joseph Lee Rodgers
Epidemic Models of the Onset of Social Activities (EMOSA) describe behaviors that spread through social networks. Two social influence methods are represented, social contagion (one-to-one spread) and general diffusion (spread through cultural channels). Past models explain problem behaviors—smoking, drinking, sexuality, and delinquency. We provide review, and a tutorial (including examples). Following
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Party, Academic, or Prepped for College? School Norm Profiles and Adolescent Well-being using National Data Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2021-12-09 Aprile D. Benner, Farin Bakhtiari, Yijie Wang, John Schulenberg
The current study examined how schoolwide norms came together into distinct profiles and how norm profile membership was linked to adolescent well-being. Using school-level (N = 786) and student-level data (N = 174,587 12th grade students; 52% female; 64% White, 13% Latino, 12% Black, 12% other) from Monitoring the Future (MTF), we identified four distinct school profiles—average, academic, prepped-for-college
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The Within-Person Effect of Psychological Distress on Social Self-Efficacy: A Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2021-12-04 Sara Madeleine Kristensen, Anne G. Danielsen, Lucas Matias Jeno, Torill M. B. Larsen, Helga Bjørnøy Urke
This study investigated the temporal relationship between social self-efficacy and psychological distress during 3 years in middle to late adolescence. The sample comprised 1508 participants (60.7% female; baseline mean age = 16.33, SD = .62; 52.9% high perceived family wealth; 70.6% born in Norway). We used a random intercept cross-lagged panel model to investigate the concurrent and subsequent associations
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Exposure to Online Racial Discrimination and Traumatic Events Online in Black Adolescents and Emerging Adults Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-02-05 Ashley D. Maxie-Moreman, Brendesha M. Tynes
Online racial discrimination and race-related traumatic events online have been linked to psychological distress in Black youth. The current study builds on extant literature by examining associations among online racial discrimination, traumatic events online, and trauma symptoms of discrimination, after controlling for gender identity and ethnic–racial setting of college in a sample of 245 Black
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Using Ecological Momentary Assessments to Understand Black Youths’ Experiences of Racism, Stress, and Safety Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-02-03 Anna Ortega-Williams, Jaime M. Booth, Dashawna J. Fussell-Ware, Yolanda J. Lawrence, Donnell Pearl, Ny’Ela Chapman, William Allen, Alisha Reid-Moore, Zoe Overby
Anti-Black racism, both interpersonal and systemic, is pervasive. Individual- and neighborhood-level expressions of anti-Black racism have been explored in many studies; however, Black youths’ experiences of racism across routine activity locations have not been examined as extensively. To address this gap, a Youth Research Advisory Board (YRAB) recruited 75 Black youths (M (SD) = 15.53 (1.77)), living
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Ethnic-Racial Socialization Among Mothers of Black and Black-White Biracial Daughters During the Pubertal Transition Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-01-19 Rona Carter, Ayana Omilade Flewellen
Ethnic-racial socialization is a salient component of parenting in Black families. What is less clear is how Black families discuss ethnicity-race and social inequalities with pubescent children. We examined associations between pubertal timing and ethnic-racial socialization among mothers (Mage = 42) of Black (n = 286) and Black-White biracial (n = 233) girls aged 9–12. Moderation by maternal stress
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School Discrimination, Discipline Inequities, and Adjustment Among Black Adolescent Girls and Boys: An Intersectionality-Informed Approach Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2022-01-17 Shauna M. Cooper, Marketa Burnett, Alexandrea Golden, Sheretta Butler-Barnes, Misha Inniss-Thompson
Employing an intersectionality-informed approach, this investigation examines how school discrimination and disciplinary inequities shape Black adolescent boys’ and girls’ adjustment. One hundred and twenty-six adolescents (M = 11.88 years; SD = 1.02) residing in the Southeastern United States comprised the study sample. Results indicated that school discrimination was associated with greater depressive
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Gender and Racial Identity Moderate the Effects of Online and Offline Discrimination on Mental Health Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2021-12-29 Tiani Perkins, Myles Durkee, Jasmine Banks, Brittany Ribero-Brown
The present study highlights the growing need to examine Black youths’ exposure to racial discrimination in online and offline contexts. Using a sample of 353 Black college students, findings indicate that high public regard moderates the positive association between online and offline racial discrimination and psychological consequences (i.e., depression, anxiety, and psychological well-being) among
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Positive Racial Identity of Black Brazilian and Colombian Adolescents Amidst Systems of Educational Oppression Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2021-12-28 Keshia L. Harris
Contrary to popular discourse on racial harmony in Latin America, research links educational inequality to physical appearance, particularly in countries with national ideologies emphasizing multiculturalism, such as Brazil and Colombia (Marteleto et al., Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 2012, 30, 352; Telles, Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America, 2014, University
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Black Emotions Matter: Understanding the Impact of Racial Oppression on Black Youth’s Emotional Development Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2021-12-27 Fantasy T. Lozada, Tennisha N. Riley, Evandra Catherine, Deon W. Brown
Black US Americans’ emotions are subject to stereotypes about the anger and aggression of Black people. These stereotypes are readily applied to Black adolescents’ emotions. The purpose of this conceptual paper is to operationalize racial oppression in the emotional lives of Black adolescents through an application of García Coll et al.'s (1996) ecological model for minority youth development. We specify
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Becoming Strong: Sociocultural Experiences, Mental Health, & Black Girls' Strong Black Woman Schema Endorsement Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2021-12-27 Nkemka Anyiwo, Alexis G. Stanton, Lanice R. Avery, Donte L. Bernard, Jasmine A. Abrams, Alexandrea Golden
This study examines the precedents and consequences of Black girls' Strong Black Woman schema (SBW) endorsement. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that, among Black girls (N= 308), racial discrimination experiences and racial barrier socialization messages were positively associated with SBW endorsement. However, there was no significant interaction between racial discrimination and racial
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Investigating Longitudinal Associations Between Racial Microaggressions, Coping, Racial/Ethnic Identity, and Mental Health in Black Girls and Women Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2021-12-23 Aerika Brittian Loyd, Esra Kürüm, Natasha Crooks, Anabelle Maya, Erin Emerson, Geri R. Donenberg
Racial microaggressions pose significant risk to health and well-being among Black adolescents and adults. Yet, protective factors (i.e., coping, racial/ethnic identity) can moderate the impact of racial microaggressions over time. Unfortunately, few studies have evaluated the role of these protective factors longitudinally or specifically among Black girls and women. In the current study, we focused
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Embracing Race, Resisting Oppression: African American Parents as Experienced Guides for Navigating Racial Oppression Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2021-12-23 Naila A. Smith, Ashley McDonald, Wei Wei, Shadane A. Johnson, Dzifa Adeji, Dawn P. Witherspoon
This study examined how discrimination experiences, beliefs, and coping in middle adolescence contributed to heterogeneity in African American parent–adolescent relationship (PAR) profiles three years later. Data were from the Maryland Adolescent Development in Context Study in which 589 African American caregivers (92% female; Mage = 39.15, SD = 6.72; range = 27–74 years old) were interviewed when
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Longitudinal Effects of the “Acting White” Accusation and Racial Identity Development Among Black College Students Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2021-12-21 Myles I. Durkee, Tiani R. Perkins, Richard E. Smith
The “acting White” accusation (AWA) is a type of cultural invalidation that undermines the racial authenticity of Black youths. This study examines how the AWA and racial identity (RI) influence one another longitudinally during the transition to college for Black students. Findings were moderated by gender. For Black males, a negative feedback loop emerged for RI centrality where AWA experiences predicted
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Black Adolescent Boys’ Perceived School Mattering: From Marginalization and Selective Love to Radically Affirming Relationships Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2021-12-16 Roderick L. Carey, Camila Polanco, Horatio Blackman
Inspired by Black Lives Matter activism, we used racialized lenses on social-psychological “mattering” to investigate how Black high school boys’ interactions shaped their perceived mattering. Researchers conducted interviews with 17 self-identified Black boys who were part of a larger school-based partnership called The Black Boy Mattering Project. Participants reported experiencing and resisting
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Cultural Racism and Depression in Black Adolescents: Examining Racial Socialization and Racial Identity as Moderators Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2021-12-07 Stephen M. Gibson, Briana M. Bouldin, McKenzie N. Stokes, Fantasy T. Lozada, Elan C. Hope
The current study explored parental racial socialization and racial regard as moderators of the effects of cultural racism on depression symptoms among Black adolescents (N = 604, Mage = 15.44). When adolescents reported lower private regard and lower cultural pride messages or higher public regard and lower alertness to discrimination messages, the negative effects of cultural racism on depression
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Chinese American Adolescents’ Experiences of COVID-19-Related Racial Discrimination and Anxiety: Person-Centered and Intersectional Approaches Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.26) Pub Date : 2021-12-01 Xiaoli Zong, Charissa S. L. Cheah, Huiguang Ren
The present study examined the impact of COVID-19-related racial discrimination on Chinese American adolescents (N = 213; Mage = 13.95 years, SD = 2.35; 49% girls) at the intersection of race and gender. We explored (1) subgroups of adolescents based on ethnic identity, bicultural identity integration, and behavioral acculturation; (2) their demographic correlates; and (3) whether the association between