Relationship of Distress and Perceived Control to Coping With Perceived Racial Discrimination Among Black Youth

Autor/inn/en	Scott, Jr., Lionel D.; House, Laura E.
Titel	Relationship of Distress and Perceived Control to Coping With Perceived Racial Discrimination Among Black Youth
Quelle	In: Journal of Black Psychology, 31 (2005) 3, S.254-272 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0095-7984
DOI	10htt.1177/0095798405278494
Schlagwörter	Racial Discrimination; African American Children; Coping; Adolescents; Stress Variables; Psychological Patterns; Problem Solving + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Racial bias; Rassismus; African Americans; Child; Children; Afroamerikaner; Kind; Kinder; Bewältigung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Problemlösen
Abstract	This study examines the use of approach (e.g., seeking social support, problem solving) and avoidance (e.g., distancing, internalizing, externalizing) strategies for coping with perceived racial discrimination and their relationship to the subjective feelings of distress evoked by perceived experiences of discrimination and perceived control over discriminatory experiences among a small, relatively homogeneous sample of Black youth (N = 71). Results of hierarchical regression analyses support evidence from the general adolescent stress and coping literature that links avoidance coping to greater feelings of distress and approach coping to a greater sense of personal control. Greater self-reports of distress are related to greater use of internalizing and externalizing coping strategies. Greater self-reports of perceived control over discriminatory experiences are related to greater use of seeking social support and problem-solving coping strategies. Implications for promoting the successful coping of Black youth with perceived racial discrimination are discussed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10