NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Back to results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
ERIC Number: EJ661632
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Racial Identity, Maternal Support, and Psychological Distress among African American Adolescents.
Caldwell, Cleopatra Howard; Zimmerman, Marc A.; Bernat, Debra Hilkene; Sellers, Robert M.; Notaro, Paul C.
Child Development, v73 n4 p1322-36 Jul-Aug 2002
This study investigated the role of racial identity and maternal support in reducing psychological distress among African American twelfth-graders. Results provided little support for a direct association between racial identity or maternal support and depressive symptoms and anxiety within a multivariate context. Influence of racial identity and maternal support on mental health was mediated by perceived stress. Racial identity centrality and private regard related to perceived stress differently. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anxiety, Black Youth, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Response, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Racial Identification, Self Concept
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: African Americans; Emotional Distress; Identity (Psychological)