Cascading Influences of Caregiver Experiences of Discrimination and Adolescent Antisocial Behavior.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Although a growing body of work has found that parents' experiences of racial and socioeconomic (SES) based discrimination are directly related to their children's behavior problems , more work is needed to understand possible pathways by which these factors are related and to identify potential targets for prevention and/or intervention.

Method

Using a large (N = 572), longitudinal sample of low-income families from diverse racial backgrounds, the current study explored whether caregivers' experiences of racial and SES discrimination during their children's middle childhood (i.e. ages 7.5-9.5) predicted youth-reported antisocial behavior during adolescence and potential factors mediating these associations (e.g. caregiver depressive symptoms and positive pa

SUBMITTER: Savell SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11260903 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature