Seaton Eleanor K, Caldwell Cleopatra H, Sellers Robert M, Jackson James S
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270, USA.
Dev Psychol. 2008 Sep;44(5):1288-97. doi: 10.1037/a0012747.
The present study examined ethnic, gender, and age differences in perceived discrimination and the association between perceived discrimination and psychological well-being in a nationally representative sample of Black adolescents. Data are from the National Survey of African Life (NSAL), which includes 810 African American and 360 Caribbean Black youth. Results indicate that the majority of Black youth perceived at least 1 discriminatory incident in the previous year. Adolescents at later stages of development perceived more discrimination than those at earlier stages, and African American and Caribbean Black males perceived more discrimination than their female counterparts. Perceptions of discrimination were positively linked to depressive symptoms and were negatively linked to self-esteem and life satisfaction, regardless of ethnicity. However, Caribbean Black youth appear to be more vulnerable when they perceive high levels of discrimination.
本研究在一个具有全国代表性的黑人青少年样本中，考察了种族、性别和年龄在感知到的歧视方面的差异，以及感知到的歧视与心理健康之间的关联。数据来自《非洲生活全国调查》（NSAL），该调查包括810名非裔美国青年和360名加勒比黑人青年。结果表明，大多数黑人青年在前一年至少经历过1次歧视事件。处于发育后期的青少年比早期阶段的青少年感知到更多歧视，非裔美国和加勒比黑人男性比女性感知到更多歧视。无论种族如何，对歧视的感知与抑郁症状呈正相关，与自尊和生活满意度呈负相关。然而，当加勒比黑人青年感知到高水平的歧视时，他们似乎更脆弱。
