University of Michigan.
Dev Psychopathol. 2018 Dec;30(5):1557-1569. doi: 10.1017/S0954579418001086.
The current study examined the concurrent and prospective associations of ethnic-racial identity content (i.e., centrality, private regard, and public regard) and depressive symptomatology among Latino adolescents. Data were drawn from a longitudinal study of Latino adolescents (N = 148, 53.4% girls) who were 13-14 years old at Wave 1. Results indicated that higher ethnic-racial centrality at Waves 1 and 2 predicted fewer depressive symptoms at Waves 2 and 3, respectively. In addition, more positive private regard at Wave 1 predicted fewer depressive symptoms at Wave 2, and more positive public regard at Wave 2 predicted fewer symptoms at Wave 3. Thus, ethnic-racial identity content may serve as a cultural protective factor that is linked to diminished depressive symptomatology among Latino youth.
本研究考察了拉丁裔青少年的种族认同内容（即核心、私人看法和公众看法）与抑郁症状的同时和前瞻性关联。数据来自对拉丁裔青少年的一项纵向研究（N=148，53.4%为女孩），他们在第 1 波时年龄为 13-14 岁。结果表明，第 1 波和第 2 波时更高的种族认同核心度分别预示着第 2 波和第 3 波时更少的抑郁症状。此外，第 1 波时更积极的私人看法预示着第 2 波时更少的抑郁症状，而第 2 波时更积极的公众看法预示着第 3 波时更少的症状。因此，种族认同内容可能是一种文化保护因素，与拉丁裔青年抑郁症状的减少有关。
