Online Racism and Mental Health Symptomatology Among Black Adolescents: A Longitudinal Examination

黑人青少年的在线种族主义和心理健康症状学：纵向检查

• 批准号: 10704592
• 负责人: Stephen Gibson
• 金额: $ 4.72万
• 依托单位: VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-10 至 2024-09-09
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10704592
• 关键词: Address; Adolescence; Adolescent; Adverse event; African American; Age; Attenuated; Award; Black Populations; Black race; Childhood; Competence; Data; Data Analyses; Data Set; Development; Emotions; Equation; Evaluation; Event; Exposure to; Fellowship; Goals; Grant; Growth; Hearing; Image; Individual; Intervention; Knowledge; Longitudinal Studies; Mental Depression; Mental Health; Methodology; Modeling; National Institute of Mental Health; National Research Service Awards; Pattern; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders; Preparation; Privatization; Process; Public Health; Race; Reading; Reporting; Research; Research Priority; Sampling; Scientist; Socialization; Strategic Planning; Structure; Subgroup; Surveys; Symptoms; Testing; Theoretical model; Time; Training; Translational Research; Trauma; Variant; Violence; Virginia; Writing; black subgroup; career; critical developmental period; depressive symptoms; digital; experience; flexibility; literacy; peer; perceived discrimination; person centered; positive youth development; pre-doctoral; protective factors; psychological distress; racial bias; racial discrimination; racial identity; racism; skills; stem; symptomatology; theories; trauma exposure; traumatic event

PROJECT SUMMARY Black adolescents disproportionately report severe rates of psychological distress including, depression24 and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)29 symptoms stemming from experiencing racial trauma41 in comparison to other racial peers.18 Therefore, identification and examination of the antecedents of psychological distress among Black adolescents is a pressing need.39 Online racism (e.g., racism via the media and online platforms) is increasingly becoming a public health concern, with recent studies indicating that almost 50% of Black individuals have experienced at least one online racial discriminatory act during adolescence, and the most common discriminatory act being racist images or videos.50 However, our understanding of the consequences of online racism on psychological distress among Black adolescents have methodological limitations in (1) longitudinal explorations, (2) person-centered approaches, and (3) modeling of attenuating cultural processes. The overarching goal of the proposed study is to address those limitations by providing a methodically rigorous examination of the longitudinal effects of online racism exposure on depression and PTSD symptoms, investigating the extent to which subgroups of Black adolescents differ in online racism exposure, and the extent to which cultural processes of racial protection and racial pride serve as protective factors in the face of online racism exposure. This goal aligns with NIMH Divisional of Translation Research (DTR)’s priority of understanding the impact of adverse experiences during childhood and adolescence on development and identifying periods where intervention could have optimal effects. These aims will be addressed through secondary data analysis of two different dataset including self-identified Black adolescents (i.e., ages 10 -19): (1) National Survey of Critical Digital Literacy (NSCDL) to investigate Aim 1 and Aim 2 and (2) Emotion Regulatory Flexibility among African American Adolescents Study (ERFAA) to examine the exploratory aim. The specific aims are to 1) Test for heterogeneous profiles of online racism exposure among Black adolescents, 2) Investigate the longitudinal effects of online racism exposure on symptoms of depression and PTSD among Black adolescents, and 3) To examine the attenuating effects of racial protection and racial pride on the effects of online racism exposure on depression and PTSD symptoms. Anticipated findings can inform mental health research during this critical developmental period, one of five key goals outlined in NIMH Division of Translation Research (DTR)'s current strategic plan. Moreover, the research and training outlined in this NRSA F31 predoctoral fellowship application will equip me with the skills and support needed to pursue a successful career as an independent research scientist by providing me with knowledge of relevant theoretical models of Black adolescents’ online experiences and mental health symptomatology, competencies in longitudinal and person-centered approaches, and further develop my scientific writing, grant-writing, and presentation skills.

项目概要 黑人青少年不成比例地报告了严重的心理困扰，包括： 抑郁症 24 和创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD)29 源于经历种族歧视的症状 与其他种族同龄人相比，创伤41 18 因此，对创伤前因的识别和检查 黑人青少年的心理困扰是迫切需要解决的问题。 39 网络种族主义（例如，通过 媒体和在线平台）正日益成为一个公共卫生问题，最近的研究表明 近 50% 的黑人在这一时期至少经历过一次网络种族歧视行为 青春期，最常见的歧视行为是种族主义图片或视频。 50 然而，我们 了解网络种族主义对黑人青少年心理困扰的后果 （1）纵向探索，（2）以人为中心的方法，以及（3）建模的方法论局限性 拟议研究的总体目标是通过削弱文化进程来解决这些限制。 对在线种族主义暴露的纵向影响进行系统而严格的检查 抑郁症和创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 症状，调查黑人青少年亚组在 网上种族主义曝光，以及种族保护和种族自豪感的文化进程在多大程度上发挥了作用 面对在线种族主义曝光的保护因素这一目标与 NIMH 翻译部门一致。 研究 (DTR) 的首要任务是了解童年时期不良经历的影响 青春期的发展并确定干预可以产生最佳效果的时期。 目标将通过对两个不同数据集（包括自我认定的黑人）的二次数据分析来实现 青少年（即 10 -19 岁）：(1) 全国关键数字素养调查 (NSCDL)，以调查目标 1 目标 2 和 (2) 非裔美国青少年情绪调节灵活性研究 (ERFAA) 检查探索性目标的具体目标是 1) 测试网络种族主义的异质特征。 黑人青少年中暴露的种族歧视，2) 调查在线种族主义暴露对黑人青少年的纵向影响 黑人青少年的抑郁症和创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 症状，以及 3) 检查抑郁症的减弱作用 种族保护和种族自豪感对在线种族主义暴露对抑郁症和创伤后应激障碍症状的影响。 预期的发现可以为这一关键发展时期的心理健康研究提供信息，这是五个关键的发展时期之一 NIMH 翻译研究部 (DTR) 当前战略计划中概述的目标。 本 NRSA F31 博士前奖学金申请中概述的培训将使我具备技能和 作为一名独立研究科学家，我需要获得成功的职业生涯支持，为我提供 了解黑人青少年在线体验和心理健康的相关理论模型 症状学、纵向和以人为中心的方法的能力，并进一步发展我的 科学写作、资助写作和演讲技巧。