APS

2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022

Childhood Racism and Oppositional Behavior: Examining the Moderating Roles of Child Skin Color and Gender

Chicago, IL · May 2022

Poster · Developmental

  • Oretioluwasefunmi Agbelusi
    University of California Riverside
  • Jessie Bridgewater
    University of California, Riverside
  • Tuppett Yates
    University Of California, Riverside

Abstract

Utilizing a longitudinal study of 250 child-caregiver dyads, we evaluated a moderation model wherein we discovered a positive relationship between children’s experiences of racism at age 10 and their oppositional behavior problems at age 12 as moderated by child gender and skin color.

Racism and Discrimination

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