Multiple Risks, Emotion Regulation Skill, and Cortisol in Low-Income African American Youth: A Prospective Study

Autor/inn/en	Kliewer, Wendy; Reid-Quinones, Kathryn; Shields, Brian J.; Foutz, Lauren
Titel	Multiple Risks, Emotion Regulation Skill, and Cortisol in Low-Income African American Youth: A Prospective Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Black Psychology, 35 (2009) 1, S.24-43 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0095-7984
DOI	10.1177/0095798408323355
Schlagwörter	African American Students; Risk; Self Control; Youth; Physiology; Biochemistry; Urban Areas; Diagnostic Tests; Stress Variables; Gender Differences; Low Income; Measures (Individuals); Predictor Variables; Statistical Analysis; Regression (Statistics) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Risiko; Selbstbeherrschung; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Physiologie; Biochemie; Urban area; Stadtregion; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Geschlechterkonflikt; Niedriglohn; Messdaten; Prädiktor; Statistische Analyse; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	Associations between multiple risks, emotion regulation skill, and basal cortisol levels were examined in a community sample of 69 African American youth (mean age = 11.30 years; 49% male) living in an urban setting. Multiple risks were assessed at Time 1 and consisted of 10 demographic and psychosocial risk factors including parent, child, and observer reports. Parents rated the child's emotion regulation skill at Time 2, 6 months later. Three saliva samples were collected one morning in the week following the Time 2 interview and assayed for cortisol, a stress hormone. Regression results indicated that multiple risks at Time 1 were associated with depressed cortisol levels at Time 2, but that patterns of association differed across levels of emotion regulation skill and sex. Youth with good emotion regulation skills showed no differences in cortisol across low and high levels of risk. In contrast, females with poor emotion regulation skill showed strong negative associations between multiple risks and basal cortisol levels. Hypocortisolism is a response of some youth to multiple risks, but protective factors can attenuate this association. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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