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Discrimination‐Related Stress Effects on the Development of Internalizing Symptoms Among Latino Adolescents
Author(s) -
Sirin Selcuk R.,
RogersSirin Lauren,
Cressen Jessica,
Gupta Taveeshi,
Ahmed Sammy F.,
Novoa Alfredo D.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/cdev.12343
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , adolescent development , stress (linguistics) , clinical psychology , linguistics , philosophy
This three‐wave longitudinal study of 173 Latino adolescents ( M = 16.16 years, SD = 0.65) is designed to understand the role of discrimination‐related stress in mental health trajectories during middle to late adolescence with attention to differences due to immigration status. The results of the growth curve analysis showed that anxious‐depressed, withdrawn‐depressed, and somatic complaints significantly decreased over time. Furthermore, although discrimination‐related stress was found to be significantly related to the trajectories of three types of mental health symptoms, the results revealed that immigration status moderated these relations such that discrimination‐related stress was significantly related to these outcomes for Latino youth whose parents were born in the United States, while this relation was not significant for Latino children of immigrants.