Citation

Stein GL, Cavanaugh AM, Supple AJ, Kiang L, Gonzalez LM. Dev. Psychol. 2019; 55(4): 846-854.

Affiliation

School of Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/dev0000638

PMID

30550324

Abstract

Few studies examine how racial-ethnic peer discrimination experiences of Latinx youth vary across the race-ethnicity of the perpetrator. In a sample of 170 Latinx early adolescents (M_age = 12.86 years, range = 10.33-15.23; 51% female), we identified 4 latent profiles of youth: (a) relatively low likelihood of experiencing discrimination regardless of peers' racial-ethnic group (38%; low discrimination); (b) relatively high probability of experiencing discrimination from the majority outgroup peers (33%; outgroup); (c) relatively high likelihood of experiencing discrimination from ingroup peers (14%; ingroup); (d) the highest probability of discrimination experiences across the in- and outgroup (15%; high discrimination group). Overall, Latinx youth classified in a typology characterized by a higher likelihood of experiencing discrimination from both ingroup and outgroup peers also reported the worst internalizing and externalizing symptoms relative to those in the low discrimination typology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).

Language: en