University of Miami, 5030 Brunson Drive, Coral Gables, FL, 33126.
University of Texas at Austin, 2109 San Jacinto, Austin, TX, 78712.
J Sch Health. 2019 Dec;89(12):945-952. doi: 10.1111/josh.12838. Epub 2019 Oct 22.
Whereas previous research suggests a positive association between racial discrimination and early adolescent adjustment problems, few studies examine the relationship between discrimination and school connectedness as it relates to adjustment problems among Hispanic early adolescents. In this study, we examined if depressive symptoms and conduct problems would mediate the concurrent association between perceived racial discrimination and school connectedness among Hispanic early adolescents.
Participants for this study were 192 11-15-year-old (M = 12.1; SD = .95) Hispanic middle school students. Using multigroup path analyses, we examined the indirect association between racial discrimination and school connectedness through adjustment problems, and the equivalence of the associations across girls and boys.
Racial discrimination was positively associated with depressive symptoms and conduct problems for both girls and boys. In turn, depressive symptoms were negatively associated with school connectedness for girls only, whereas conduct problems were negatively associated with school connectedness for boys only.
In consideration of study findings, school personnel should be mindful of Hispanic adolescents who display depressive symptoms or conduct problems, as they may be highly vulnerable to lower levels of school connectedness when experiencing racial discrimination.
虽然先前的研究表明，种族歧视与青少年早期的适应问题之间存在正相关关系，但很少有研究探讨歧视与学校联系之间的关系，而这种关系与西班牙裔青少年早期的适应问题有关。在这项研究中，我们检验了抑郁症状和行为问题是否在西班牙裔青少年早期的种族歧视知觉与学校联系之间的同时关联中起到中介作用。
本研究的参与者是 192 名 11-15 岁的（M=12.1；SD=.95）西班牙裔中学生。使用多群组路径分析，我们检验了种族歧视和学校联系通过适应问题之间的间接关联，以及女孩和男孩之间关联的等效性。
种族歧视与女孩和男孩的抑郁症状和行为问题均呈正相关。反过来，抑郁症状仅与女孩的学校联系呈负相关，而行为问题仅与男孩的学校联系呈负相关。
考虑到研究结果，学校人员应该注意表现出抑郁症状或行为问题的西班牙裔青少年，因为当他们经历种族歧视时，他们可能非常容易出现较低水平的学校联系。
