APS

2026 APS Annual Convention

Race, Gender, and Class Risks and Opportunities: Implications for Identity and Psychological Adjustment Among Marginalized Groups In the U.S.

Saturday, May 30, 2026 · Barcelona, Spain

Oral · Identity, Culture & Social Inequality

This symposium explores complexity in how sociocultural risks and opportunities related to race, gender, and class can positively or negatively shape how racially and ethnically marginalized adolescents and emerging adults in the U.S. think and feel about themselves in terms of their ethnic and racial identities and psychological adjustment.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Naila SmithChair
    University of Virginia

Presentations

  1. The Benefits, Challenges, and Contradictions of Diversity In Black Immigrants’ Ethnic and Racial IdentitiesNaila Smith
  2. Exploring the Interaction of School Racial Composition and Discrimination on Black Adolescents' Mental HealthAixa Marchand
  3. Exploring the Interaction of School Racial Composition and Discrimination on Black Adolescents' Mental HealthJarrett Lewis
  4. Gender, Social Class, and Immigrant Well-Being: An Intersectional AnalysisBarbara Thelamour