The role of perceived discrimination during childhood and adolescence in understanding racial and socioeconomic influences on depression in young adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe levels of perceived lifetime discrimination among young adults and determine its role in understanding this racial/ethnic disparity.

Study design

Data were from the Princeton School District study, a 10-year cohort study in which investigators followed 545 non-Hispanic black (46%) and white initial 5-12 graders. Perceived lifetime racial discrimination was assessed with the General Ethnic Discrimination Scale and depressive symptoms with the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale. Stepped linear and logistic regression analyses assessed the relationships of race/ethnicity, parental education, and quintiles of discrimination to depressive symptoms. Stratification by race/ethnicity explored differences in the role of discrimination in explain

SUBMITTER: Cheng ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4308560 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature