Irene J K Park, Lijuan Wang, Ruoxuan Li, Tiffany Yip, Kristin Valentino, Mario Cruz-Gonzalez, Natalia Giraldo-Santiago, Kyle Lorenzo, Jenny Zhen-Duan, Kiara Alvarez, Margarita Alegría
The present 21-day daily diary study (conducted 2021-2022) tested anger and racism-related vigilance as potential transdiagnostic mediators linking exposure to racial and ethnic discrimination (RED) to distress (negative affect and stress, respectively). The data analytic sample included N = 317 Mexican-origin adolescents (Mage = 13.5 years; 50.8% male, 46.7% female; 2.5% non-binary) from the Midwestern United States. Results from longitudinal mediation models revealed significant mediation effects through anger and racism-related vigilance, respectively, in the association between daily RED and daily distress, both within and across adolescents...
May 2, 2024: Child Development