SynthesisThe American psychologist2018
Racial/ethnic discrimination and well-being during adolescence: A meta-analytic review.
Synthesis in The American psychologist, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 328 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Structural Racism, Neurocognition in Reward Related Decision Making and Substance Use Risk
Developing and Testing a Video-feedback Intervention to Promote Racial-Ethnic Socialization Competency in Latino/a/x Families
Who cites it
328 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Psychosocial correlates of condom use among Black adolescents in the United States: A meta-analysis.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2026Pooled it
- A meta-analytic review of the relationship between racial discrimination and alcohol and other drug use outcomes in minoritised racial/ethnic groups.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life in Neurodivergent Children: A Systematic Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2024Pooled it
- Culturally sensitive prevention programs for substance use among adolescents of color: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Clinical psychology review · 2023Pooled it
- The R-CITY Youth Violence Preventive Intervention: Primary Outcomes from a School Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026Trial
- Family-Centered Prevention Attenuates the Association Between Structural Racism Risk and Black Adolescents' Low Self-regulation and Externalizing Behaviors: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025Trial
- Lift Every Voice: Engaging Black Adolescents in Social Justice Service-Learning to Promote Mental Health and Educational Equity.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2024Trial
- Exploring positive psychology intervention and mindfulness-based intervention in nature: impact on well-being of school students in India.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
- Preparation for bias conversations among Black/African American, Latinx, and Asian parent-adolescent dyads: A qualitative content analysis of observational data.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2026Article
- Developmental Stage at Immigration and Mental Health: Group-Specific Findings Among Asian and Latinx Young Adults.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Factors Influencing Racial Discrimination and Prevalence of Major Depressive Disorder Among Black Canadian Youths.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- More Than Hurt Feelings: Associations Between Perceived Racial Discrimination and Mental Health, Substance Use, and Victimization Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Adolescents.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Late adolescents' accounts of marginalization in India: Towards a ground-up intersectional framework.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2026Article
- The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) and Youth Depression - In Context.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53 · 2026Article
- Trauma, discrimination, and intimate partner violence: intergenerational pathways in racially minoritized communities.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Racial Discrimination Moderates the Association Between Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Related Consequences Among One First Nation Reserve Community's Youth.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Pathways Linking Racial Discrimination to Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Adolescents.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2026Article
- The Impact of Intergroup Collaboration on In-Group Bias Between Rohingya Refugee and Bangladeshi Host Community Children.Developmental science · 2026Article
- The Role of Discrimination in Social Safety and its Interplay with Adolescents' Mental Health and Substance Use: A Network Perspective.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2026Article
- Family cohesion and cultural socialization as buffers of the association between discrimination and internalizing symptoms across adolescence.Developmental psychology · 2026Article
268 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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6 authors.
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Abstract
This meta-analytic study systematically investigates the relations between perceived racial/ethnic discrimination and socioemotional distress, academics, and risky health behaviors during adolescence, and potential variation in these relations. The study included 214 peer-reviewed articles, theses, and dissertations, with 489 unique effect sizes on 91,338 unique adolescents. Random-effects meta-analyses across 11 separate indicators of well-being identified significant detrimental effects. Greater perceptions of racial/ethnic discrimination were linked to more depressive and internalizing symptoms; greater psychological distress; poorer self-esteem; lower academic achievement and engagement; less academic motivation; greater engagement in externalizing behaviors, risky sexual behaviors, and substance use; and more associations with deviant peers. Metaregression and subgroup analyses indicated differences by race/ethnicity, Gender × Race/Ethnicity interactions, developmental stage, timing of retrospective measurement of discrimination, and country. Overall, this study highlights the pernicious effects of racial/ethnic discrimination for adolescents across developmental domains and suggests who is potentially at greater risk. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).
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