APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
Childhood Racism and Oppositional Behavior: Examining the Moderating Roles of Child Skin Color and Gender
- 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