Race-Ethnic Inequality and Psychological Distress: Depressive Symptoms from Adolescence to Young Adulthood

Autor/inn/en	Brown, J. Scott; Meadows, Sarah O.; Elder, Glen H., Jr.
Institution	American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Titel	Race-Ethnic Inequality and Psychological Distress: Depressive Symptoms from Adolescence to Young Adulthood
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 43 (2007) 6, S.1295-1311 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
Schlagwörter	Ethnic Groups; Adolescents; Whites; Depression (Psychology); Race; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Young Adults; Racial Differences; Social Support Groups; African Americans; Asian Americans; Hispanic Americans; Social Differences; Longitudinal Studies; Gender Differences; Minority Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnie; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; White; Weißer; Rasse; Abstammung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Rassenunterschied; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Afroamerikaner; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Sozialer Unterschied; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ethnische Minderheit
Abstract	Social inequality is well established in the mental health of race-ethnic groups, but little is known about this disparity from adolescence to young adulthood. This study examined differences in trajectories of depressive symptoms across 4 race-ethnic groups (Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians) using 3 waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Latent trajectory analyses showed race-ethnic variations among both females and males. Stressors were significantly related to depressive symptoms for all study members, but they accounted for symptom trajectories only among Black males and minority females. Persistent differences in trajectories for Blacks and Whites showed parallel slopes that did not converge over time. Neither background characteristics nor social resources (i.e., social support) altered this gap. However, social support represents a potential equalizer of these race-ethnic differences, owing to the ubiquitous nature of its protective effects. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10