ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2021
"Melanincholy": A Qualitative Exploration of Youth Media Use, Vicarious Racism, and Perceptions of Health.
Article in The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2021. 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 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Our Voices Matter: Racial Justice Activism Intervention to Address Structural Racism and Prevent Depression in Black and Latinx Youth
Rise & Thrive: Community-Engagement Intervention to Address Chronic Stress and Prevent Depression in Adolescents and Young Adults
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Bias-Based Cyberaggression Related To Origin, Religion, Sexual Orientation, Gender, and Weight: Systematic Review of Young People's Experiences, Risk and Protective Factors, and the Consequences.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2025Pooled it
- Social Media, Racial Identity, and the Mental Health Consequences of Vicarious Racism among Black Adults.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Coping with racism: Qualitative profiles of adolescents' responses to racial-ethnic discrimination.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2026Article
- Mediating mechanisms in the discrimination - Mental health link among Mexican-origin adolescents: A latent growth curve mediation analysis.Development and psychopathology · 2026Article
- An Interpersonal Physiological Pathway Framework Linking Racism and Well-Being in Black American Families.Developmental psychobiology · 2025Review
- Vicarious Racism, Direct Racism, and Mental Health Among Racialized Minority Healthcare Workers.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Latino adolescents' experiences of residential risks on social media and mental health implications.Sociology of health & illness · 2025Article
- Online and offline gendered racial microaggressions and sleep quality for Black women.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2025Article
- Identification and characterization of screen use trajectories from late childhood to adolescence in a US-population based cohort study.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Development and Validation of the Vicarious Racism in Healthcare Workers Scale.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2023Article
- Invisible targets: Conceptualizing U.S. Latine youth's exposure to family-level vicarious racism.Child development perspectives · 2023Article
- Disclosure among Youth Stopped by the Police: Repercussions for Mental Health.SSM. Mental health · 2022Article
- Perception and use of social media by Indonesian adolescents and parents: A qualitative study.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- The Use of Social Networking Sites and Its Impact on Adolescents' Emotional Well-Being: a Scoping Review.Current addiction reports · 2022Article
- Adolescents' Experiences, Emotions, and Coping Strategies Associated With Exposure to Media-Based Vicarious Racism.JAMA network open · 2021Article
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purposeWe sought to (1) characterize teens' experiences with news and social media, focusing on news depicting racism, (2) assess youth perceptions of how these experiences may impact their own health, and (3) explore how teens cope with racism encountered in media. We hypothesized that teens access news primarily through social media, and vicarious racism experienced via news increases negative perceptions of health.
methodsEighteen teens (aged 13-19 years) were recruited to participate in focus group interviews (N = 4). These were recorded, transcribed, and coded using qualitative methods.
resultsYouth spend much of each day online and frequently access social media, including news shared on these platforms. Many participants identified concerns surrounding "fake" news on social media. Participants reported encountering racially charged news and described their responses to these stories. Some reported feeling overwhelmed by racism in the news. Most participants perceived negative mood changes after exposure to racism in online news, although few associated this exposure with changes in their own health behaviors. Youth indicated that peer discussion was important for coping with vicarious racism exposure.
conclusionsThis study provides insight into the way teens access and share information through social media, including news involving racism, and the effect that this information may have on them. Their vicarious experiences of racism in the news may be associated with feelings of desensitization and mood changes, with potential downstream effects on health. Peer support may help teens cope with vicarious racism. Longitudinal studies examining these exposures' health effects and opportunities for cross-sector intervention are needed.
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