1. Typologies of Discrimination: Latinx Youth's Experiences in an Emerging Immigrant Community.
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Livas Stein, Gabriela, Cavanaugh, Alyson M., Supple, Andrew J., Kiang, Lisa, and Gonzalez, Laura M.
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DISCRIMINATION (Sociology) , *ETHNIC groups , *PSYCHOLOGY of Hispanic Americans , *PSYCHOLOGY of immigrants , *PROBABILITY theory , *RACE , *TEENAGERS' conduct of life , *AFFINITY groups , *ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
Few studies examine how racial-ethnic peer discrimination experiences of Latinx youth vary across the race-ethnicity of the perpetrator. In a sample of 170 Latinx early adolescents (Mage = 12.86 years, range = 10.33-15.23; 51% female), we identified 4 latent profiles of youth: (a) relatively low likelihood of experiencing discrimination regardless of peers' racial-ethnic group (38%; low discrimination); (b) relatively high probability of experiencing discrimination from the majority outgroup peers (33%; outgroup); (c) relatively high likelihood of experiencing discrimination from ingroup peers (14%; ingroup); (d) the highest probability of discrimination experiences across the in- and outgroup (15%; high discrimination group). Overall, Latinx youth classified in a typology characterized by a higher likelihood of experiencing discrimination from both ingroup and outgroup peers also reported the worst internalizing and externalizing symptoms relative to those in the low discrimination typology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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