Developmental Characteristics of African American and Caribbean Black Adolescents' Attributions Regarding Discrimination
Journal Article
Seaton, Eleanor K.
Caldwell, Cleopatra Howard
Sellers, Robert M.
Jackson, James S.
2010
Journal of Research on Adolescence
20
3
774-88
10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00659.x
NIHMS372822
4687
The present study examined discrimination attributions in the psychological well-being of Black adolescents. Findings are based on a representative sample of 810 African American and 360 Caribbean Black youth, aged 13–17, who participated in the National Survey of American Life. Youth completed measures of perceived discrimination, discrimination attributions, depressive symptoms, self-esteem, and life satisfaction. Approximately half the youth attributed discrimination to race/ethnicity (43%), followed by age (17%), physical appearance (16.5%), and gender (7.5%), and there were no ethnic, gender, or age differences regarding discrimination attributions. Key findings suggest that the association between perceived discrimination and psychological well-being did not vary according to discrimination attribution, which implies that discrimination is harmful for Black youth regardless of the attribution.
Population Movement, Diversity, Inequality
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