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. 2022 Mar;32(1):41-48.
doi: 10.1111/jora.12698. Epub 2021 Dec 7.

Cultural Racism and Depression in Black Adolescents: Examining Racial Socialization and Racial Identity as Moderators

Stephen M Gibson  1 , Briana M Bouldin  1 , McKenzie N Stokes  1 , Fantasy T Lozada  1 , Elan C Hope  2
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Cultural Racism and Depression in Black Adolescents: Examining Racial Socialization and Racial Identity as Moderators

Stephen M Gibson et al. J Res Adolesc. 2022 Mar.

Abstract

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 symptoms were exacerbated. When adolescents reported higher private regard and more cultural pride messages, the negative effects of cultural racism on depression symptoms were attenuated. Findings suggest that racial messages transmitted to Black adolescents combined with their own racial attitudes can alter the effect of cultural racism on depression symptoms.

Keywords: cultural racism; depression; racial identity; racial socialization.

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