Resilience and Coping: An Example in African American Adolescents. Issue 3 (2nd October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cunningham, Michael; Francois, Samantha; Rodriguez, Gabriel; Lee, Xzania White
• Is Part Of: Research in human development. Volume 15:Issue 3/4(2018)
• Page Start: 317
• Page End: 331
• Publication Date: 2018-10-02
• Subjects: Developmental psychology -- Periodicals; Human growth -- Periodicals; 155
• DOI: 10.1080/15427609.2018.1502547
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1542-7609

Abstract

Abstract : The study addresses how African American adolescents are resilient when exposed to discrimination. We examine racial identity as a buffer between cumulative stressful events and aggression attitudes in 285 adolescents ( M = 15.41, SD = 1.38). Boys report more general beliefs about aggression than girls. Girls with low racial identity are more vulnerable for general beliefs about aggression when exposed to greater negative youth experiences. However, boys with high racial identity have greater general beliefs about aggression as their negative youth experiences increase. Racial identity has a protective-enhancing buffering affect for adolescent girls and a protective-reactive effect for boys.