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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence 5/2019

23-11-2018 | Empirical Research

Profiles of Coping with Ethnic-Racial Discrimination and Latina/o Adolescents’ Adjustment

Auteurs: Elana R. McDermott, Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor, Katharine H. Zeiders

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 5/2019

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Abstract

The approaches Latina/o youth use for coping with discrimination have important consequences for their adjustment. Yet, little research has examined how adolescents draw on different coping strategies and how patterns of strategies may differentially predict their outcomes. The current investigation examined adolescents’ patterns of coping strategies, changes in these patterns over time, and whether profile membership or transitions in profile membership related to adolescent adjustment. Among a longitudinal sample of Latina/o adolescents (N= 323, 49.5% female, Mage = 15.31 years), three profiles of coping strategies emerged: Passive and Moderately Proud, Confrontative, and Proactive. Latent Transition Analysis showed that these profiles were stable over time, that a majority of youth remained in the same profile of strategies across three years, and that the profiles were differentially related to adolescents’ adjustment. The findings showed that individuals in the Proactive profile reported higher self-esteem and academic motivation than adolescents drawing on different repertoires of coping strategies. These results provide new insights regarding the concurrence of strategies Latina/o youth use to cope with ethnic-racial discrimination and suggest that the adoption of proactive strategies as part of a repertoire of coping strategies could potentially reduce the negative effects of discrimination among adolescents.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Profiles of Coping with Ethnic-Racial Discrimination and Latina/o Adolescents’ Adjustment
Auteurs
Elana R. McDermott
Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor
Katharine H. Zeiders
Publicatiedatum
23-11-2018
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 5/2019
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-018-0958-7

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