National Center for Children and Families, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, Box 39, New York, NY 10027, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2013 Jan;42(1):136-46. doi: 10.1007/s10964-012-9804-5. Epub 2012 Aug 14.
Racial discrimination has serious negative consequences for the adjustment of African American adolescents. Taking an ecological approach, this study examined the linkages between perceived racial discrimination within and outside of the neighborhood and urban adolescents' externalizing and internalizing behaviors, and tested whether neighborhood cohesion operated as a protective factor. Data came from 461 African American adolescents (mean age = 15.24 years, SD = 1.56; 50 % female) participating in the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods. Multilevel models revealed that perceived discrimination within youth's neighborhoods was positively related to externalizing, and discrimination both within and outside of youth's neighborhoods predicted greater internalizing problems. Neighborhood cohesion moderated the association between within-neighborhood discrimination and externalizing. Specifically, high neighborhood cohesion attenuated the association between within-neighborhood discrimination and externalizing. The discussion centers on the implications of proximal stressors and neighborhood cohesion for African American adolescents' adjustment.
种族歧视对非裔美国青少年的适应能力有严重的负面影响。本研究采用生态方法，考察了邻里内外感知到的种族歧视与城市青少年外化和内化行为之间的联系，并检验了邻里凝聚力是否作为保护因素发挥作用。数据来自参与芝加哥社区人类发展项目的 461 名非裔美国青少年（平均年龄 15.24 岁，标准差 1.56；50%为女性）。多层次模型显示，青少年所在社区内感知到的歧视与外化行为呈正相关，青少年所在社区内外的歧视均预示着更大的内化问题。邻里凝聚力调节了社区内歧视与外化之间的关系。具体来说，邻里凝聚力高会减弱社区内歧视与外化之间的关联。讨论的重点是近端应激源和邻里凝聚力对非裔美国青少年适应能力的影响。
