Discrimination-Related Stress Effects on the Development of Internalizing Symptoms Among Latino Adolescents

This three-wave longitudinal study of 173 Latino adolescents (M = 16.16 years, SD = 0.65) is designed to understand the role of discrimination-related stress in mental health trajectories during middle to late adolescence with attention to differences due to immigration status. The results of the gr...

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Published in:Child development 2015-05, Vol.86 (3), p.709-725
Main Authors: Sirin, Selcuk R., Rogers-Sirin, Lauren, Cressen, Jessica, Gupta, Taveeshi, Ahmed, Sammy F., Novoa, Alfredo D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior - ethnology
Adolescents
Behavioral Symptoms - ethnology
Child development
Child psychology
Children
Discrimination
Emigrants and Immigrants - psychology
EMPIRICAL ARTICLES
Female
Hispanic Americans - ethnology
Hispanic people
Humans
Immigration
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Mental health
Social Discrimination - ethnology
Stress, Psychological - ethnology
Teenagers
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Summary:This three-wave longitudinal study of 173 Latino adolescents (M = 16.16 years, SD = 0.65) is designed to understand the role of discrimination-related stress in mental health trajectories during middle to late adolescence with attention to differences due to immigration status. The results of the growth curve analysis showed that anxious-depressed, withdrawn-depressed, and somatic complaints significantly decreased over time. Furthermore, although discrimination-related stress was found to be significantly related to the trajectories of three types of mental health symptoms, the results revealed that immigration status moderated these relations such that discrimination-related stress was significantly related to these outcomes for Latino youth whose parents were born in the United States, while this relation was not significant for Latino children of immigrants.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.1111/cdev.12343