Ethnic identity, racial discrimination and attenuated psychotic symptoms in an urban population of emerging adults

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 380-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deidre M. Anglin ◽  
Florence Lui ◽  
Adriana Espinosa ◽  
Aleksandr Tikhonov ◽  
Lauren Ellman
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Urban Population ◽  
Psychotic Symptoms

Racial Discrimination and Trajectories of Problematic Alcohol Use Among African American Emerging Adults: The Role of Organizational Religious Involvement

2021 ◽  
pp. 109019812110516
Author(s):  
Danielle R. Busby ◽  
Meredith O. Hope ◽  
Daniel B. Lee ◽  
Justin E. Heinze ◽  
Marc A. Zimmerman
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Religious Involvement ◽  
Problematic Alcohol ◽  
Stable Class ◽  
Problematic Alcohol Use

Racial discrimination jeopardizes a wide range of health behaviors for African Americans. Numerous studies demonstrate significant negative associations between racial discrimination and problematic alcohol use among African Americans. Culturally specific contexts (e.g., organized religious involvement) often function protectively against racial discrimination’s adverse effects for many African Americans. Yet organized religious involvement may affect the degree to which racial discrimination increases problematic alcohol use resulting in various alcohol use trajectories. These links remain understudied in emerging adulthood marked by when individuals transition from adolescence to early adult roles and responsibilities. We use data from 496 African American emerging adults from the Flint Adolescent Study (FAS) to (a) identify multiple and distinct alcohol use trajectories and (b) examine organizational religious involvement’s protective role. Three trajectory classes were identified: the high/stable, (20.76% of sample; n = 103); moderate/stable, (39.52% of sample; n = 196); and low/rising, (39.72% of the sample; n = 197). After controlling for sex, educational attainment, and general stress, the interaction between racial discrimination and organized religious involvement did not influence the likelihood of classifying into the moderate/stable class or the low/rising class, compared with the high/stable class. These results suggest organized religious involvement counteracts, but does not buffer racial discrimination’s effects on problematic alcohol use. Findings emphasize the critical need for culturally sensitive prevention efforts incorporating organized religious involvement for African American emerging adults exposed to racial discrimination. These prevention efforts may lessen the role of racial discrimination on health disparities related to alcohol use.

Arab American Emerging Adults’ Ethnic Identity and Its Relation to Psychological Well-Being

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 340-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane P. Sheldon ◽  
Diane Graves Oliver ◽  
Danielle Balaghi
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Arab American ◽  
Psychological Well Being

Hope Springs: Moderating the Link Between Racial Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms for African American Emerging Adults

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 376-404
Author(s):  
Amardeep Khahra ◽  
Alvin Thomas ◽  
Sarah Caffrey ◽  
Eric Taylor ◽  
Matthew Stull ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Potential Harm ◽  
American Students ◽  
Constant Potential ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
High Hope

To better understand the moderating effect of coping mechanisms (distraction and rumination) and internal assets (hope) on the relationship between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms, a sample of 363 African American students (65.3% female; mean age = 20.25 years; SD = 2.39) from two large Midwestern universities were surveyed using self-report measures. Hierarchical multiple regressions were used to explore the relationships among the variables and depressive symptoms. Results indicated that discrimination (B = 0.10, p < .001) and ruminative coping (B = 1.05, p < .001) were positively related to depressive symptoms, while hope was negatively related to depression (B = −0.33, p < .001). Further, the relationship between discrimination and depressive symptoms was moderated by hope (B = 0.01, p = .02). The interaction between discrimination and depressive symptoms suggested that participants who reported low levels of hope also reported more depressive symptoms regardless of level of discrimination, compared with those who reported high hope. For these African American emerging adults, the results bring to light the potential of an internal asset that aids in reduction of depressive symptoms in response to constant, potential harm such as racial discrimination.

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