Health disparities due to diminished return among black Americans: Public policy solutions

S Assari - Social Issues and Policy Review, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
There are persistent and pervasive disparities in the health of Black people compared to non‐
Hispanic Whites in the United States. There are many reasons for this gap; this article …

Typologies of social support and associations with mental health outcomes among LGBT youth

EA McConnell, MA Birkett, B Mustanski - LGBT health, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Abstract Purpose: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth show increased
risk for a number of negative mental health outcomes, which research has linked to minority …

Black female adolescents and racism in schools: Experiences in a colorblind society

NM Joseph, KM Viesca, M Bianco - The High School Journal, 2016 - muse.jhu.edu
This article takes up the questions:(a) How do Black female adolescents define racism?,(b)
What kind of experiences with racism to they report having in schools?, and (c) How can …

Protective mechanisms for depression among racial/ethnic minority youth: Empirical findings, issues, and recommendations

SM Scott, JL Wallander, L Cameron - Clinical child and family psychology …, 2015 - Springer
We (1) review empirical studies that report findings regarding putative protective
mechanisms when exposed to risk of depression in African American and Hispanic …

Financial stress, parent functioning and adolescent problem behavior: An actor–partner interdependence approach to family stress processes in low-, middle-, and …

K Ponnet - Journal of youth and adolescence, 2014 - Springer
The family stress model proposes that financial stress experienced by parents is associated
with problem behavior in adolescents. The present study applied an actor–partner …

Suicide among Black children: An integrated model of the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicide and intersectionality theory for researchers and clinicians

I Opara, MA Assan, K Pierre, JF Gunn III… - Journal of Black …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Recently, research has reported that the rates of suicide among Black children between the
ages of 5 to 12-years-old are increasing as they are now more likely to commit suicide than …

Prosocial bystander behavior in bullying dynamics: Assessing the impact of social capital

CBR Evans, PR Smokowski - Journal of youth and adolescence, 2015 - Springer
Individuals who observe a bullying event, but are not directly involved as a bully or victim,
are referred to as bystanders. Prosocial bystanders are those individuals who actively …

Racial and gender discrimination by teachers: Risks for Black girls' depressive symptomatology and suicidal ideation.

ST Butler-Barnes, S Leath… - Cultural diversity and …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Objectives: The present study examines how race and gender-specific factors (ie, racial
centrality and gender role beliefs) serve as protective assets against the harmful impact of …

Parental education and youth inhibitory control in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study: Blacks' diminished returns

S Assari - Brain sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: Non-Hispanic Black (NHB) youth are at a higher risk of high-risk behaviors
compared to non-Hispanic White (NHW) youth. Some of this racial gap is shown to be due to …

Changes in parental emotional support and psychological control in early adulthood: Direct and indirect associations with educational and occupational adjustment

T Desjardins, BJ Leadbeater - Emerging Adulthood, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Early adulthood is a critical period during which real-world adjustment sets the stage for
lifelong well-being. However, little is known about how the emotional quality of parental …