scholarly journals The Role of Racial-Ethnic Identity in Understanding Depressive Symptoms in the Context of Racial Discrimination among African American Youth

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Kyere ◽  
Stephanie Ellen Rudd ◽  
Sadaaki Fukui
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
African American Youth ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Sitting in the Pews: Theological Beliefs and Racial/Ethnic Identity Among African American Adolescents

2021 ◽  
pp. 0044118X2110466
Author(s):  
Pamela P. Martin ◽  
Sheretta T. Butler-Barnes ◽  
Meredith O. Hope
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Church Attendance ◽  
African American Youth ◽  
African American Adolescents ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Biblical Principles ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Church attendance, prayer, and faith practices play a significant role in the life experiences among African Americans, especially youth. Few studies on religious behaviors among African American youth investigate the relationship between theological orientations and racial identity. These orientations include biblical principles, other-worldliness, and social legacy. A total of 187 African American adolescents ( Mage = 15) attending 18 predominantly Black churches in two Midwestern cities participated in the study. Results provided support for two theological orientations that were associated with racial/ethnic identity in distinct ways. More specifically, other-worldliness was linked to more negative feelings about the appearance of African American adolescents and being more likely to endorse negative stereotypes about African Americans. Adolescents who perceived their church as communicating a theology based upon biblical principles reported rejecting negative stereotypes about African Americans. Study findings suggest theological orientations may be associated with shaping racial/ethnic identity attitudes among African American adolescents.

Individual- and Family-Level Correlates of Socio-Emotional Functioning among African American Youth from Single-Mother Homes: A Compensatory Resilience Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 1355-1384
Author(s):  
Emma M. Sterrett-Hong ◽  
Carlye Kincaid ◽  
Cecily R. Hardaway ◽  
Monica Adams ◽  
Mary MacFarlane ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Psychological Control ◽  
Emotional Functioning ◽  
Single Mother ◽  
African American Youth ◽  
African American Adolescents ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Family

The majority of research on African American adolescents raised in single-mother homes has focused on externalizing problems, with less attention to other facets of socio-emotional functioning. Using a compensatory resilience approach, the current study examined risk and protective factors at the family (maternal warmth, monitoring, psychological control) and youth (ethnic identity and religiosity) levels as predictors of depressive symptoms, hopelessness, and self-esteem among African American adolescents from single-mother homes ( n = 193). Lower levels of psychological control, higher levels of monitoring, and higher levels of youth ethnic identity were associated with at least one of the outcomes, depressive symptoms, hopelessness, and self-esteem. In addition, self-esteem, but not hopelessness, mediated the associations between the family- and youth-level factors and youth depressive symptoms. The importance of targeting maternal psychological control and youth ethnic identity, as well as self-esteem, in intervention programs for African American youth from single-mother families is discussed.

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