Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University.
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2021 Jul;27(3):495-504. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000446. Epub 2021 Feb 11.
This qualitative investigation examined how Black emerging adults cope with their worst experiences of racism at multiple levels (individual, cultural, and institutional).
A sample of 189 Black emerging adults (M age = 19.34, 68.3% female) from a predominantly White institution completed an online questionnaire with an open-ended question regarding their worst experience of racism and how they coped. Responses to these questions were coded using deductive coding schemes based on established theory-Jones' (1997) tripartite model of racism and Harrell's (2000) typology of coping.
Results indicated that the majority of participants utilized active and inner-directed coping strategies in response to their worst experience. More participants responded to institutional-level racism with active rather than passive coping. There were no differences in proportions of participants who responded to individual- or cultural-level racism with active rather than passive coping. Similar proportions of participants also reported inner-directed versus outer-directed coping in response to individual-, cultural-, and institutional-level experiences.
Implications for practice, policy, and programming to support the mental health of Black emerging adults are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
本定性研究考察了黑人青年在多个层面（个体、文化和制度）上如何应对最严重的种族主义经历。
来自一所以白人为主的机构的 189 名黑人青年（平均年龄=19.34，68.3%为女性）完成了一份在线问卷，其中有一个关于他们最严重的种族主义经历以及他们如何应对的开放式问题。根据琼斯（1997 年）的种族主义三分模型和哈雷尔（2000 年）的应对分类，对这些问题的回答进行了演绎编码。
结果表明，大多数参与者在应对最严重的种族主义经历时，采用了积极的和内在导向的应对策略。更多的参与者对制度层面的种族主义采取积极而非消极的应对方式。在以积极而非消极的方式应对个体或文化层面的种族主义方面，参与者的比例没有差异。在应对个体、文化和制度层面的经历时，也有相似比例的参与者报告了内在导向和外在导向的应对。
讨论了支持黑人青年心理健康的实践、政策和方案的意义。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2021 APA，保留所有权利）。
