Date of Completion
2-15-2017
Embargo Period
2-5-2017
Advisors
Stephanie Milan, Jeffrey Burke, Colin Leach
Field of Study
Psychological Sciences
Degree
Master of Science
Open Access
Open Access
Abstract
Multiracial adolescents are a growing segment of our population, but not much is known about their ethnic-racial identity development. The current study examined ethnic affirmation, a dimension of ethnic-racial identity, and race socialization and their influence in the relationship between perceived group discrimination and depressive symptoms among multiracial (n = 42) and monoracial minority Black (n = 29) and Latina (n = 95) adolescents (M=15.4 years). Results showed that there were no mean differences between multiracial and monoracial adolescents in ethnic affirmation, maternal race/ethnic socialization, or depressive symptoms. Multiracial adolescents reported significantly less perceived discrimination. There was also evidence that the indirect effect of perceived discrimination on depressive symptoms via ethnic affirmation differed between multiracial and monoracial adolescents. Implications of these results for treatment and research are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Oshin, Linda A., "Mixed Signals: Examining Ethnic Affirmation as a Factor in the Discrimination-Depression Relationship with Multiracial and Monoracial Minority Adolescent Girls" (2017). Master's Theses. 1052.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/gs_theses/1052
Major Advisor
Stephanie Milan