Race-Related Stressors and Resources for Resilience: Associations With Emotional Health, Conduct Problems, and Academic Investment Among African American Early Adolescents

This study examined whether race-related stressors (awareness and experiences of racism) and resources for resilience (racial-ethnic connectedness and perceptions of embedded achievement) were associated with emotional health, conduct problems, and academic investment among African American early adolescents. Embedded achievement is the belief that achievement is a part of one ’s racial or ethnic group identity.

Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - June 12, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jessie L. Austin, Elijah F. Jeffries, Willie Winston, Sonya S. Brady Tags: New Research Source Type: research