Longitudinal associations between experienced racial discrimination and depressive symptoms in African American adolescents.

ABSTRACT: While recent evidence has indicated that experienced racial discrimination is associated with increased depressive symptoms for African American adolescents, most studies rely on cross-sectional and short-term longitudinal research designs. As a result, the direction and persistence of this association across time remains unclear. This article examines longitudinal associations between experienced racial discrimination and depressive symptoms among a community sample of African American adolescents (N = 504) from Grade 7 to Grade 10, while controlling for multiple alternative causal pathways. Sex was tested as a moderator of the link between experienced racial discrimination and later depressive symptoms. Structural equation modeling revealed that experienced racial discrimination was posi

SUBMITTER: English D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4501852 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature