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Investigate how individual psychological characteristics and demographic factors influence the perception of ethnic discrimination among minority and immigrant adolescents.

June 1, 1998Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Psychological Variables as Predictors of Perceived Ethnic Discrimination Among Minority and Immigrant Adolescents¹

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Investigate how individual psychological characteristics and demographic factors influence the perception of ethnic discrimination among minority and immigrant adolescents.
Surveyed 164 Armenian, Mexican American, and Vietnamese adolescents using measures of perceived discrimination, self-esteem, mastery, depression/anxiety, intergroup competence, and ethnic identity.
Conducted a path analysis to assess direct and indirect structural pathways between demographic variables, psychological resources, and perceived discrimination.
Higher depression/anxiety scores and lower intergroup competence directly predicted greater perceived discrimination.
Self-esteem and mastery indirectly influenced perceived discrimination through their direct effects on depression/anxiety and intergroup competence, respectively.
Birthplace and socioeconomic status exerted indirect effects on perceived discrimination mediated entirely through intergroup competence.

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Observational study reveals that depression, anxiety, and lower intergroup competence predict higher perceived discrimination in immigrant adolescents, indicating key psychological drivers of bias...

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Phinney et al. (1998) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0fab9028c2d29469fe253a https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.1998.tb01661.x

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Observational study reveals that depression, anxiety, and lower intergroup competence predict higher perceived discrimination in immigrant adolescents, indicating key psychological drivers of bias...

Psychological Variables as Predictors of Perceived Ethnic Discrimination Among Minority and Immigrant Adolescents¹

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Psychological Variables as Predictors of Perceived Ethnic Discrimination Among Minority and Immigrant Adolescents¹

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