Examining COVID-19 pandemic-related economic and household stress and its association with mental health, alcohol, and substance use in a national sample of Latinx sexual minority and heterosexual adults.
Conclusion: Findings highlighted unique intersectional considerations among SML adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the importance of social support and the negative toll of economic stress on mental health and substance use. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology)
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - May 18, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The Māori Cultural Embeddedness Scale (MaCES): Initial evidence of structural validity.
Conclusions: The MaCES is a theoretically derived and statistically sound measure that offers significant research potential for exploring the various ways that embeddedness in Māori culture informs differential outcomes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology)
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - May 18, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Associations of historical trauma and racism with health care system distrust and mental health help-seeking propensity among American Indian and Alaska Native college students.
Conclusion: Historical trauma and perceived racial discrimination appear to contribute to less favorable attitudes toward seeking mental health services through their association with distrust of the HCS. This suggests that attempts to address the underutilization of mental health services in the AIAN population should consider the potential roles of historical trauma, racial discrimination, and distrust. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology)
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - April 17, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

An exploratory mixed methods study of multiracial Americans’ race choices on the 2020 census.
Conclusions: Multiracial emerging adults who seek to objectively report their racial background on the census regardless of how they identify shift racial expressions and report lower self-esteem, and like those who want more options added to the census, they experience more identity challenges but are more racially aware. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology)
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - March 16, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Ethnic discrimination, acculturative stress, and sexual risk among Latinx emerging adults: Examining moderation effects of familism support and ethnic identity.
Conclusions: Examining the results within a culturally informed theoretical framework supports that protective factors may help mitigate sexual risk factors among Latinx emerging adults experiencing acculturative stress. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology)
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - February 9, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Innovative theory and methods for the next generation of diversity, equity, and inclusion sciences: Introduction to the special issue.
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, Vol 29(1), Jan 2023, 1-5; doi:10.1037/cdp0000543Diversity, equity, and inclusion sciences were invigorated by Plaut’s (2010) landmark publication “Diversity science: Why and how difference makes a difference.” As this field has expanded over the last decade, it is timely to reflect on its current state and future directions. The goal of this special issue is to bring together a collection of articles that advance innovative theory and methods for the next generation of diversity, equity, and inclusion sciences. The articles in this special issue cover cutting-edge th...
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - January 9, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

“Are you a homophobic racist?”: Applying lay theory of generalized prejudice to the discrimination-distress link.
Conclusions: People high in LTGP may habitually expect discrimination regardless of their discriminatory experiences. By demonstrating the different pathways via which discrimination is linked with distress, this study highlights the benefit of intersectional research and underscores the need for systemic change to reduce discrimination. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology)
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - December 15, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Female Chinese transracial adoptees’ racial awakening amid dual racial pandemics.
Conclusions: Our findings contribute to the literature by highlighting the complexities of female Chinese transracial adoptees’ racialized selves as children of color who have been raised in White families; their motivations to foster racial justice; and their ability to facilitate race talk. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology)
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - November 28, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Discrimination and social isolation among African Americans: The moderating role of skin tone.
Conclusions: These findings shed light on African Americans’ nuanced experiences with discrimination and colorism. Further, the data demonstrate heterogeneity in the vulnerability to the adverse effects of discrimination within the African American population; the relationship between discrimination and subjective isolation was stratified by skin tone. This underscores the well-documented and persistent racialized social stratification system in the United States (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology)
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - November 28, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The psychophysiological salience of past experiences of discrimination.
Conclusions: Findings complement a growing body of research suggestive that experiences of discrimination are psychophysiologically salient. Additionally, discriminatory experiences may elicit distinctive patterns of HF-HRV responsivity compared to generic social stressors. Efforts to elucidate the unique role of discrimination-specific HF-HRV responsivity may be critical for delineating discrimination–health linkages. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology)
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - November 17, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The effects of discrimination and psychological distress on U.S. Latino/a young adults’ relational uncertainty and relationship instability.
Conclusions: Overall results suggest that racial/ethnic discrimination is associated with romantic relationship instability through its associations with psychological distress and uncertainty about the future of a relationship. Prior research demonstrates the resilience of Latino/a communities, and our findings reinforce the need for policies and clinical resources that reduce discrimination and support mental health and relationships. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology)
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - November 17, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Psychological outcomes and culturally relevant moderators associated with events of discrimination among Asian American adults.
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, Vol 30(2), Apr 2024, 363-373; doi:10.1037/cdp0000568Objectives: Incidents of discrimination against Asian Americans have increased in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aims of this study are to (a) examine the overall psychological impact of incidents of discrimination on Asian Americans adults, (b) identify whether East Asians experience worse psychological outcomes following experiences of discrimination compared to other Asian Americans, and (c) identify culturally relevant factors that moderate the relationship between incidents of discrimination and ...
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - November 10, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

How discrimination experiences relate to racial/ethnic identity and mental health across first- and second-generation Vietnamese American adolescents.
Conclusions: Findings suggest differences in racialized experiences, as well as opportunities to support second-generation Vietnamese American and other marginalized youth from immigrant families from the mental health impacts of discrimination. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology)
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - October 31, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

“Making hidden resources visible in a minority serving college context”: Correction to Ramirez et al. (2021).
Conclusions: We speculate that first-generation students at minority serving institutions have concrete concerns that need to be addressed alongside identity and social belonging needs. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology)
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - October 20, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research