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The Associations between Contextual and Cultural Stressors, Internalizing Symptoms, and Social Support
Daphney F Chancy1, Dawn P Witherspoon1, Wei Wei1
1The Pennsylvania State University.
Abstract:
The current study aims to examine the associations between neighborhood safety, racial-ethnic discrimination, and depressive symptoms, as well as explore social support as a protective factor using the Minority Stress Model for three different BIPOC groups (i.e. African American, Puerto Rican, and Dominican). African American and Latino youth living in urban environments often encounter multiple stressors at the same time, and it is critical to learn more about how these stressors influence well-being in tandem. The results showed that among African American youth safety concerns were associated with depressive symptoms while discrimination was associated with Latino youth's depressive symptoms.
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