ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
Parental Protection: The Role of Familial Ethnic Socialization on Adolescents’ Racial Identity and Depressive Symptoms
- Stephanie Miller
University of Michigan - Michael Medina
University of Michigan - Bernardette Pinetta
University of Michigan - Deborah Rivas-Drake
University of Michigan - Adriana Umaña-Taylor
Harvard University
Abstract
Adolescent depression is on the rise in the U.S. This work examined how parents’ ethnic socialization messages and adolescents’ ethnic-racial identity beliefs may both mitigate such depression among diverse youth. Implications for positive psychosocial development across racial groups are discussed.
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