3-213 - Examining the longitudinal antecedents and consequences of ethnic-racial regard from early adolescence to late adolescence

Session Type: Paper Symposium

Integrative Statement

Developing a positive sense of belonging to one’s ethnic-racial group is a developmental task for all ethnic-racial groups (Quintana, 1998). This task includes distinguishing one’s own evaluations of one’s ethnic-racial group (i.e., private regard) from others’ evaluations of their group (i.e., public regard) (Du Bois, 1902; Sellers et al., 1998). Studies indicate positive regard to be associated positively with adolescents’ academic and psychosocial adjustment. Yet, we understand little on the predictors of regard, as well as the buffering and underlying mechanisms that allow these relations between regard and general adjustment outcomes. The three papers in this symposium seek to address these gaps, especially across multiple developmental stages of adolescents of color. Paper 1 examines how both perceived school climate and schools’ ethnic-racial diversity predict trajectories of regard across early and middle adolescence. Paper 2 tests how peers’ regard moderates the concurrent and longitudinal relations between adolescents’ regard and their academic adjustment. Using a sample of late teenagers, Paper 3 presents on how private regard buffers the deleterious effects of internalized racism on depressive symptoms. As a whole, these studies underscore the need to understand the short- and long-term predictors and consequences of regard across diverse ethnic-racial groups and developmental periods.

Sub Unit

• Race, Ethnicity, Culture, Context

Chair

• Juan Del Toro, New York University

Discussant

• Deborah Rivas-Drake, University of Michigan

Individual Presentations

• Trajectories of racial regard across adolescence: Correlates with ethnic-racial diversity and school climate - Presenting Author: Juan Del Toro, New York University; Diane Hughes, NYU; Niobe Way, New York University

• The Role of Friends’ Private and Public Regard on Adolescents’ Academic Adjustment - Presenting Author: Michael Medina, University of Michigan; Deborah Rivas-Drake, University of Michigan

• The Associations between Internalized Racism, Racial Identity, and Depressive Symptoms - Presenting Author: Henry Willis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Enrique Neblett, University of North Carolina