ERIC Number: EJ1129511
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Mar
Pages: 23
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What Are the Odds: An Examination of Adolescent Interracial Romance and Risk for Depression
Miller, Byron
Youth & Society, v49 n2 p180-202 Mar 2017
Previous studies find that romantic relationships adversely affect adolescents' psychological well-being, yet none examine the differential effects of adolescent romance for same-race and interracial daters. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), I find that heterosexual adolescents in same-race relationships are more likely to be depressed than non-daters, but interracial daters have greater odds of risk for depression than their non-dating and same-race dating peers. Experiencing a romantic breakup explains the elevated risk of depression for daters in general, and same-race daters specifically, but not interracial daters. Furthermore, the associations that relationship status (dating vs. non-dating) and couple's racial composition (same-race vs. interracial) have with depression are not moderated by race or gender. The findings highlight the differential effects of same-race and interracial romantic relationships on adolescent's psychological well-being and the need to further examine the well-being of interracial daters.
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Depression (Psychology), Intimacy, Interpersonal Relationship, Adolescents, Racial Differences, Race, Dating (Social), Longitudinal Studies, Gender Differences, Well Being, Mental Health, Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Analysis, Individual Characteristics, Multivariate Analysis, Questionnaires, Measures (Individuals), Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
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