1. Screening parent-adolescent relationships, screen behaviors, tridimensional acculturation, and health among Black immigrant and refugee adolescents during dual pandemics.
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Eales L, Banegas J, Cherubini FDS, Ibrahim SA, Ahn RJ, Nelson MR, Dwivedi R, and Ferguson GM
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- Humans, Adolescent, Female, Male, Adolescent Behavior psychology, Adolescent Behavior ethnology, United States ethnology, Parenting psychology, Parenting ethnology, Adult, Pandemics, Emigrants and Immigrants psychology, Emigrants and Immigrants statistics & numerical data, Acculturation, Refugees psychology, Refugees statistics & numerical data, COVID-19 psychology, COVID-19 ethnology, Screen Time, Parent-Child Relations ethnology, Black or African American psychology, Black or African American statistics & numerical data, Black or African American ethnology
- Abstract
This brief report assesses parent-adolescent relationships, screen behaviors, and tridimensional acculturation as risk and promotive or protective factors for health among Black U.S. immigrant or refugee adolescents during the dual COVID-19 and racism or Whiteness pandemics. Eighty-nine immigrant- or refugee-origin adolescents completed online surveys (72% Somali American, 28% Jamaican American; 45% female; 15% foreign-born; M = 14.11 years). Regression analyses revealed that parental autonomy support, parental restrictive media mediation, and adolescent heritage culture identification were promotive of better screen media use behaviors. Only adolescent media literacy self-efficacy was related to higher screen time. Importantly, screen self-regulation was a better predictor of general health than screen time. Results highlight many parenting strengths in Black immigrant or refugee families and underscore the resilience-promoting power of parent-adolescent relationships. Health implications are discussed to provide guidance for future prevention efforts. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
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- 2024
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