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Disrupting the Behavioral Health Consequences of Racial Discrimination: A Longitudinal Investigation of Racial Identity Profiles and Alcohol-Related Problems
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Anderson, Riana Elyse; Lee, Daniel B.; Hope, Meredith O.; Nisbeth, Kyle; Bess, Kiana; Zimmerman, Marc A. – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
Researchers have documented the negative associations between racial discrimination and alcohol use for young Black people, yet fewer researchers have examined these associations longitudinally and with racial identity as a protective factor. We use data from the Flint Adolescent Study (465 Black/African Americans) to investigate the relationship…
Descriptors: Racial Discrimination, Health Behavior, Drinking, African Americans
Family-Based Processes Associated with Adolescent Distress, Substance Use and Risky Sexual Behavior in Families Affected by Maternal HIV
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Lester, Patricia; Stein, Judith A.; Bursch, Brenda; Rice, Eric; Green, Sara; Penniman, Typhanye; Rotheram-Borus, Mary Jane – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2010
The present study investigated how maternal HIV and mediating family processes are associated with adolescent distress, substance use, and risky sexual behavior. Mother-adolescent (ages 12-21) dyads (N = 264) were recruited from neighborhoods where the HIV-affected families resided (161 had mothers with HIV). Mediating family processes were youth…
Descriptors: Mothers, Structural Equation Models, Conflict, Sexuality