Garnett Bernice R, Masyn Katherine E, Austin S Bryn, Williams David R, Viswanath Kasisomayajula
College of Education and Social Services, University of Vermont, 533 Waterman Building, 85 South Prospect St., Burlington, VT 05405.
J Sch Health. 2015 Feb;85(2):109-17. doi: 10.1111/josh.12225.
We used a latent class analysis (LCA) to characterize coping styles of urban youth and examined if coping styles moderated the association between experiencing discrimination and bullying and depressive symptoms.
The data come from the 2006 Boston Youth Survey, where students were asked to select 2 behaviors they do most often when they are upset, from a list of 15 options. A total of 927 (75%) students contributed to the LCA analytic sample (44% non-Hispanic Blacks, 29% Hispanics, and 58% girls). Relative and absolute fit indices determined the number of classes. An interaction term between types of discrimination and bullying experienced and coping style tested for moderation.
The LCA revealed that a 3-class solution had the best fit (Lo-Mendell-Rubin likelihood ratio test, 4-class vs 3-class, p-value .12). The largest coping style class was characterized by high endorsement of distractive coping strategies (59%), the second class was characterized by using supportive coping strategies (27%), and the third class was characterized by using avoidance coping strategies (12%). We found a significant interaction between discrimination and coping style for depressive symptoms.
The relationship between experiencing discrimination and depression varied based on coping style and the type of discrimination and bullying experienced.
我们使用潜在类别分析（LCA）来刻画城市青少年的应对方式，并检验应对方式是否调节了遭受歧视和欺凌与抑郁症状之间的关联。
数据来自2006年波士顿青少年调查，学生们被要求从15个选项的列表中选出他们心烦时最常做的2种行为。共有927名（75%）学生纳入LCA分析样本（44%为非西班牙裔黑人，29%为西班牙裔，58%为女孩）。相对和绝对拟合指数确定类别数量。对经历的歧视和欺凌类型与应对方式之间的交互项进行调节检验。
LCA显示，三类解决方案拟合最佳（Lo-Mendell-Rubin似然比检验，四类与三类相比，p值为0.12）。最大的应对方式类别以高度认可分散注意力的应对策略为特征（59%），第二类以使用支持性应对策略为特征（27%），第三类以使用回避应对策略为特征（12%）。我们发现歧视与应对方式在抑郁症状方面存在显著交互作用。
遭受歧视与抑郁之间的关系因应对方式以及所经历的歧视和欺凌类型而异。
