Developmental Characteristics of African American and Caribbean Black Adolescents' Attributions regarding Discrimination

Autor/inn/en	Seaton, Eleanor K.; Caldwell, Cleopatra H.; Sellers, Robert M.; Jackson, James S.
Titel	Developmental Characteristics of African American and Caribbean Black Adolescents' Attributions regarding Discrimination
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Adolescence, 20 (2010) 3, S.774-788 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-8392
DOI	10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00659.x
Schlagwörter	African American Children; Life Satisfaction; Adolescents; Age Differences; Psychology; Depression (Psychology); Blacks; Well Being; Attribution Theory; Racial Bias; National Surveys; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Self Esteem; Ethnicity; Race; Physical Characteristics; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Child; Children; Afroamerikaner; Kind; Kinder; Lebensvollendung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Psychologie; Black person; Schwarzer; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Ethnizität; Rasse; Abstammung; Körperliche Erscheinung; Korrelation
Abstract	The present study examined discrimination attributions in the psychological well-being of Black adolescents. Findings are based on a representative sample of 810 African American and 360 Caribbean Black youth, aged 13-17, who participated in the National Survey of American Life. Youth completed measures of perceived discrimination, discrimination attributions, depressive symptoms, self-esteem, and life satisfaction. Approximately half the youth attributed discrimination to race/ethnicity (43%), followed by age (17%), physical appearance (16.5%), and gender (7.5%), and there were no ethnic, gender, or age differences regarding discrimination attributions. Key findings suggest that the association between perceived discrimination and psychological well-being did not vary according to discrimination attribution, which implies that discrimination is harmful for Black youth regardless of the attribution. (As Provided).
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