Coping with Ethnic–racial Discrimination: Short‐term Longitudinal Relations Among Black and Latinx College Students

Little is known about how Black and Latinx young adults cope with experiences of ethnic–racial discrimination, particularly over short periods of time. A multigroup path model examined the relations between discrimination and five strategies for coping with ethnic–racial discrimination (talking with...

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Published in:Journal of research on adolescence 2022-12, Vol.32 (4), p.1530-1545
Main Authors: McDermott, Elana R., Zeiders, Katharine H., Landor, Antoinette M., Carbajal, Selena
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Black or African American - psychology
Black or African American - statistics & numerical data
Black people
Black/African American
College students
coping
Coping strategies
Ethnicity
ethnic–racial discrimination
Hispanic or Latino - psychology
Hispanic or Latino - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Latinx
Race
Racial discrimination
Racism - psychology
Students - psychology
Students - statistics & numerical data
Talking
Universities
Young Adult
Young adults
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Summary:Little is known about how Black and Latinx young adults cope with experiences of ethnic–racial discrimination, particularly over short periods of time. A multigroup path model examined the relations between discrimination and five strategies for coping with ethnic–racial discrimination (talking with others, being proud, working hard, being rude, and ignoring) among Black and Latinx young adults (N = 145) at two time points over a six‐week period. Experiences of discrimination were positively associated with the coping strategies of being proud of oneself and working hard to prove discriminatory people wrong. There was moderate stability in coping strategy use over time. Models did not vary by race–ethnicity, suggesting discrimination related to coping in similar ways among Black and Latinx young adults.
ISSN:1050-8392
1532-7795
DOI:10.1111/jora.12728