APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
Stronger Together: Family and Peer Support for Black Young Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Black Lives Matter Movement
- Élodie Audet
McGill University - Julie Leboeuf
McGill University - Anne Holding
New York University - John Davids
Black Community Resource Centre (BCRC) - Xiaoyan Fang
Black Community Resource Centre (BCRC) - Koestner Richard
McGill University
Abstract
This study investigated how perceiving support from family or peers differentially impacted Black young adults’ psychological adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests. Results proposes that family support relating to the pandemic, and peer support relating to the BLM, were associated with heightened psychological adjustment.
Cultural Diversity