Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology最新文献

Objectives: Using a multimethod approach, this study sought to identify the contribution of different facets of resilience to Pacific peoples in Aotearoa New Zealand's mental health and well-being and to explore the construct of resilience in the light of COVID-19 lockdowns.

Method: Study 1 (N = 88) included a Pacific community sample (67% female, 33% male; M = 39 years, range = 19-80 years). Participants completed a survey measuring personal, spiritual, family and community resilience, well-being, Pacific identity, and mental distress. Study 2 comprised a focus group of one male and three female Pacific university students and used photovoice and talanoa methods. Study 3 comprised two community focus groups of four Pacific men and three Pacific women and was conducted via Zoom using talanoa methods.

Results: In Study 1 greater well-being was associated with greater family resilience, whereas higher access to spiritual support and engagement were associated with lower mental distress. Eight themes were identified across Studies 2 and 3: resilience as overcoming adversity, nature as resilience, resilience as both personal and collective attributes, strength through adversity, vulnerability and coping, gratitude, responsibility that promotes individual resilience, and spirituality.

Conclusions: Taken together, our study demonstrated that Pacific peoples living in Aotearoa exhibit a range of personal, spiritual, and collective attributes that support their resilience, and we discuss the implications of these findings for our theories of resilience, especially for Indigenous groups. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

Objectives: Adolescents from immigrant families often translate or interpret communication on behalf of their parents, a process known as language brokering (LB). From a poststress growth framework, these LB experiences may yield opportunities for personal development and resilience or may contribute to risky behaviors and poor mental health. In this study, frequency of LB and subjective feelings of LB are tested as they relate to family relationships, resilience, risky behaviors, and mental health outcomes.

Method: In this study, 188 adolescents who language broker (female = 128, male = 60; M_age = 16.19 years, SD = 1.01; 5% African American/Black, 24% Asian American/Pacific Islander, 8.5% White, 52% Latino/Hispanic, and 11% mixed/multiracial) completed an online questionnaire about their frequency of LB (i.e., weekly and in general), extent of LB, feelings about LB (i.e., efficacy, burden, and intrusiveness), positive and negative attitudes toward LB, relationships with parents, engagement in risky behavior, and anxiety and depression symptoms.

Results: Findings indicated that feelings of efficacy and positive attitudes toward LB associated with resilience. Positive attitudes and a lack of negative attitudes associated with better family relationships. Risky behaviors were associated with age, extent and intrusiveness of LB, and a lack of positive attitudes. Female, extent of LB, and positive attitudes were related to anxiety.

Conclusions: Building efficacy and fostering positive attitudes toward LB may foster positive outcomes and prevent deleterious outcomes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

Objectives: Research suggests that chronic stress reduces cognitive functioning; however, studies examining this relationship for race-related stress, such as racial discrimination, are limited and primarily focus on older adults. Moreover, considering the importance of sleep when coping with stress, it is possible that sleep buffers the effect of racial discrimination on cognitive functioning. The present study examined the role of sleep duration and quality in the relationship between racial discrimination and cognitive functioning in early adolescence.

Method: This study utilized a sample of racial and ethnic minority adolescents (N = 176; M_age = 12.1 years; 55% females; 76% Black/African American, 15% Hispanic/Latino, and 8% other minority) participating in a school-based study of adolescent mental health and academic functioning. Analyses included a single multivariate regression model predicting inhibitory control and episodic memory from racial discrimination, sleep duration, sleep quality (objective and subjective), and the interactions between racial discrimination and each sleep variable.

Results: Controlling for age, sex, race/ethnicity, and annual household income, results from the multivariate regression revealed a significant interaction between racial discrimination and sleep duration in predicting inhibitory control. Follow-up analyses showed that racial discrimination was associated with poorer inhibitory control in youth who experienced short sleep duration.

Conclusions: Short sleep duration may increase the deleterious influence of discrimination on youth's cognitive functioning. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

Objectives: This purpose of this study was to examine (a) the effects of a video intervention on decreasing racial color-blindness, increasing White people's empathy toward racism (i.e., White empathy), and increasing willingness to confront White privilege; and (b) whether ethnocultural empathy moderated the effect of this intervention on these two outcomes.

Method: A total of 287 self-identified White students at a large Midwestern university were randomly assigned to either an intervention group (n = 147) in which they watched two discrimination-related videos or a control group (n = 140) without watching any videos for a three-wave study (before-, during-, and 1-week after-intervention).

Results: Results from latent growth curve modeling supported the effects of the intervention, indicating that those in the intervention (but not control) group reported statistically significant decreases in racial color-blindness, as well as increases in White empathy and willingness to confront White privilege over time. Moreover, latent growth curve results also indicated that ethnocultural empathy significantly moderated the effects of the intervention on racial color-blindness and White empathy, but not on willingness to confront White privilege. Specifically, those with higher levels of ethnocultural empathy reported a significant decrease in racial color-blindness, whereas those with lower levels of ethnocultural empathy reported no change in racial color-blindness over time. Conversely, those with lower levels of ethnocultural empathy reported a significant increase in White empathy whereas those with higher levels of ethnocultural empathy maintained higher levels of White empathy over all three waves.

Conclusions: This study found that it is possible to meaningfully decrease racial color-blindness, increase White empathy toward racial injustice, and promote willingness to confront White privilege with a brief, discrimination-related video intervention. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

Objectives: This study concerns Chinese mothers' color-conscious socialization and social dominance orientation and how these relate to children's racial attitudes.

Method: Data were collected from a sample of 155 Chinese children (71 girls) aged 7-11 years and their mothers, from urban regions across China (Shanghai, Jinan, and cities in Jiangsu Province), including observations of mothers' color-conscious practices, self-reported social dominance orientation, and children's attitudes toward light-skinned Chinese, tan-skinned Chinese, and White groups. All children were born in urban areas and from middle-income families.

Results: Variable- and person-centered analyses suggested three areas of color-conscious practices, racial appearance, cultural background, and grouping, and revealed heterogeneity in associations between color consciousness and social dominance orientation. Mothers' acknowledgment of shared culture was associated with children's positive attitudes toward their racial ingroup with darker skin tone.

Conclusions: This study emphasizes the importance of a nuanced and contextualized understanding of color-conscious socialization. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

Objectives: Acculturation stress, a type of sociocultural stress, is positively associated with insomnia among Latinxs; however, the mechanisms of this association remain elusive. We tested the indirect effects of acculturation stress on insomnia through rumination and alcohol use, two coping strategies associated with insomnia, and explored these effects in gender-stratified models among Latinxs.

Method: We analyzed cross-sectional data from 187 Latinxs participating in the Latino Sleep and Health study in New York City in 2016-2019. We conducted bias-corrected boot-strap tests of mediation with case resampling (1,000 replications) in aggregate and gender-stratified models. Acculturation stress and insomnia were measured continuously using the Hispanic Stress Inventory and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI). Rumination was measured using a subscale of the Ruminative Response Scale. The Quantity-Frequency Index was used to measure alcohol use. Covariates included age, New York City poverty threshold, and perceived stress.

Results: Participants were M_age 37.43 (SD = 13.67). Most participants were women (64.17%). The average ISI was 6.65 (SD = 5.51). The indirect effect of acculturation stress on insomnia through rumination was statistically significant (b = 0.02, 95% BCa CI [0.01, 0.03]). Among women, this indirect effect had slightly larger coefficients than among men (b = 0.02, 95% BCa CI [0.01, 0.04]; b = 0.01, 95% BCa CI [0.004, 0.04]). Alcohol use was not a statistically significant mediator (b = -0.001, 95% BCa CI [-0.004, 0.0002]).

Conclusion: These findings suggest that psychological interventions focused on reducing rumination in response to acculturation stress may promote healthy sleep among Latinxs, particularly among Latina women. Future studies should use longitudinal study designs to determine the causal relationships among these variables. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

Objectives: Linguistic acculturation is a predictor of alcohol use among Hispanic college students, but existing linguistic acculturation measures do not capture language use in the social digital context (e.g., social media). Guided by erosion theory and past empirical findings, this study operationalized two dimensions of social digital linguistic acculturation (SDLA) and examined the interactive effects of SDLA with immigration generation-a demographic proxy for acculturation-in relation to alcohol use intentions and behaviors.

Method: Online questionnaires were completed by 246 Hispanic college students in central Texas between the ages of 18 and 29 (M_age = 21.0, SD = 2.4; 82.1% female) who reported current alcohol use. Measures included two dimensions of SDLA (SDLA-English and SDLA-Spanish) with items developed for this study and supported by exploratory factor analysis, immigration generation as a demographic proxy for acculturation, and three alcohol outcomes (intentions to use alcohol, alcohol consumption, and binge drinking). We specified three regression models in which immigration generation moderated the pathways between SDLA-English and SDLA-Spanish and each alcohol outcome.

Results: Contrary to hypotheses, lower rather than higher SDLA-English was related to greater intentions to use alcohol, greater alcohol consumption, and more frequent binge drinking when immigration generation was higher rather than lower. More aligned with expectations, lower SDLA-Spanish was related to more frequent binge drinking when immigration generation was higher.

Conclusions: The link between SDLA and alcohol engagement is nuanced. This study's findings may be partially explained by acculturative stress in the context of social digital engagement, warranting further exploration. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

Objectives: Native American youth need educational experiences that promote positive, healthy development, which requires decolonizing current educational experiences. Konaway Nika Tillicum Native Youth Academy (KNT) offers a holistic approach to education, incorporating Tribal cultures and values along with valuing higher education. Across two complementary studies, we seek to understand how the Medicine Wheel framework supports the design of educational experiences and the effectiveness of this design on positive development factors, including cultural identity development, self-esteem, and academic optimism.

Method: To address our research questions, we first share an ethnographic study including participant observations and interviews with five KNT staff to investigate how the educators of KNT enact the Medicine Wheel in designing educational experiences for Native youth. We then examined the effectiveness of this Medicine Wheel framework on positive development factors across two summers of the academy with youth ages 11-18 (23 boys, 38 girls) representing diverse tribal affiliations.

Results: Findings from our first research question reveal a Medicine Wheel Educational Framework that offers holistic and culturally sustaining/revitalizing education experiences for Native youth. Findings from our second research question indicate that Native youth experienced significant increases in their cultural identity and academic optimism directly and indirectly via increasing self-esteem through engaging in the KNT.

Conclusions: Implications of findings show that when educated in a learning space that promotes Native students' culture, youth show healthy development in factors valued across Indigenous and Western perspectives, including cultural identity, self-esteem, and academic optimism. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

Objectives: Due to longstanding societal, racial, and health care disparities, Black communities were disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, yet investigations of resulting mental health sequelae in this community remain limited. Utilizing a mixed-methods design, the present study examined the role of COVID-19-related stress, derailment, and resilience, on posttraumatic stress symptoms for Black adults.

Method: A sample of 162 Black adults was assessed to investigate how COVID-19-related stress may be directly and indirectly associated with posttraumatic stress symptoms via increased levels of derailment. We also evaluated the moderating role of resilience. Second, semistructured interviews with a subsample of Black adults (N = 67) produced rich narratives, which uncovered distinct sources of derailment and resilience for Black Americans.

Results: Quantitative findings revealed that COVID-19-related stress was indirectly associated with posttraumatic stress via increased levels of derailment. Further, the association between derailment and posttraumatic stress differed according to one's level of resilience. The qualitative findings revealed four distinct sources of derailment: (a) unexpected change, (b) social isolation, (c) grief and loss, and (d) uncertainty for the future; and, six sources of resilience: (a) ancestral strength, (b) faith, (c) community support, (d) psychotherapy, (e) values-based action, and (f) avoidance.

Conclusions: Findings highlight Black Americans' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic and deepen our understanding of factors that exacerbate risk and promote resilience within the context of a global public health crisis. Implications for culturally responsive strategies to better support Black Americans' mental health needs are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

Objective: Ethnic-racial socialization (ERS) plays a prominent role in how minoritized youth cope with discrimination, but there is a dearth of research on peer ERS in relation to coping.

Method: 321 minoritized college students (M_age = 18.79, SD = 1.26, range = 17-25) reported on frequency of culturally relevant discrimination coping strategies and ERS messages with a same-ethnic (N = 217, 67.6% of broader sample) or cross-ethnic (N = 104, 32.4% of broader sample) peer.

Results: Using path analyses, peer ERS messages were related to discrimination coping strategies, with differing associations for same-ethnic peers versus cross-ethnic peers.

Conclusions: Findings highlight the relation of peer ERS and coping with discrimination, especially for same-ethnic peers. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).