School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University.
Department of Psychology, California State University.
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2022 Jul-Aug;51(4):577-592. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2022.2084744. Epub 2022 Jun 22.
Culture plays an important role in the development of mental health, especially during childhood and adolescence. However, less is known about how participation in cultural rituals is related to the wellbeing of youth who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), and part of the Global Majority. This is crucial amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a global event that has disproportionally affected BIPOC youth and disrupted participation in rituals. The goal of this paper is to promote advances in clinical child and adolescent psychology focused on rituals. We begin by defining culture and rituals and examining their role on development. We illustrate these issues with the Lunar New Year in China, Maya rituals in México, in Turkey, and Black graduations and Latinx funerals in the United States. We discuss how the pandemic has affected participation in these rituals and their potential impact on BIPOC children and adolescents' mental health. We propose future directions and recommendations for research.
文化在心理健康的发展中起着重要作用，尤其是在儿童和青少年时期。然而，人们对于参与文化仪式如何与作为全球大多数群体一部分的黑人和有色人种（BIPOC）年轻人的幸福感有关知之甚少。在 COVID-19 大流行期间，这一点至关重要，这是一场对 BIPOC 年轻人产生不成比例影响并扰乱仪式参与的全球事件。本文的目的是促进以仪式为重点的临床儿童和青少年心理学的进展。我们首先定义文化和仪式，并考察它们在发展中的作用。我们以中国的农历新年、墨西哥的玛雅仪式、土耳其的诺鲁孜节和美国的黑人毕业典礼和拉丁裔葬礼为例来说明这些问题。我们讨论了大流行如何影响这些仪式的参与以及它们对 BIPOC 儿童和青少年心理健康的潜在影响。我们提出了未来的研究方向和建议。
