APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Risk and Resilience Among Colombian Youth: Ethnic-Racial Discrimination and Ethnic-Racial Identity Are Associated with Colombian Adolescents’ Psychosocial Adjustment
- Grace Oh
Harvard Graduate School of Education - Mary Spang
Harvard Graduate School of Education - Michael Sladek
Harvard Graduate School of Education - Adriana Umaña-Taylor
Harvard Graduate School of Education - Elana McDermott
Harvard Graduate School of Education - Kristia Wantchekon
Harvard Graduate School of Education - Liliana Uribe Tirado
Universidad de San Buenaventura Medellín - Luz Tilano Vega
Universidad de San Buenaventura Medellín
Abstract
This study extended previous U.S. developmental research to Colombia. Colombian adolescents who reported experiencing more frequent ethnic-racial-based discrimination tended to have lower self-esteem and elevated depressive symptoms, whereas adolescents who explored, better understood, and felt more positively about their ethnic-racial identity tended to have higher self-esteem and lower depressive symptoms.
Race and Ethnicity
