Newcomer Immigrant Adolescents and Ambiguous Discrimination: The Role of Cognitive Appraisal

Autor/inn/en	Patel, Sita G.; Tabb, Kevin M.; Strambler, Michael J.; Eltareb, Fazia
Titel	Newcomer Immigrant Adolescents and Ambiguous Discrimination: The Role of Cognitive Appraisal
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent Research, 30 (2015) 1, S.7-30 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-5584
DOI	10.1177/0743558414546717
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Immigrants; Mixed Methods Research; Foreign Countries; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Age Differences; Social Discrimination; Racial Bias; Racial Discrimination; Psychological Patterns; Mental Health; Stress Variables; Acculturation; Cognitive Processes; Well Being; High School Students; Minority Group Students; Questionnaires; Likert Scales; Ethnic Groups; Surveys; Academic Achievement; Experience; Grades (Scholastic); Gender Differences; Regression (Statistics) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Ausland; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Racial bias; Psychohygiene; Akkulturation; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Fragebogen; Likert-Skala; Ethnie; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Schulleistung; Erfahrung; Notenspiegel; Geschlechterkonflikt; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	Cognitive appraisal has been shown to mediate the relationship between stressors and internalizing symptoms, but not among newcomer immigrant youth facing ambiguous discrimination. Using a mixed-methods design with a sample of newcomer adolescents from African, Arab, Asian, Caribbean, European, and Latin American countries, this study measured the perceived occurrence of discrimination (attribution to discrimination) and its perceived degree of severity (cognitive appraisal) in relation to internalizing symptoms and academic achievement. Attribution to discrimination predicted greater internalizing symptoms, and appraisal mediated this relationship. The mediation effect was found for younger, but not older adolescents. Quantitative results suggest that perceiving discrimination to be threatening, not just that it occurred, relates to psychological health. Qualitative results suggest that for newcomer adolescents, discrimination is a highly prevalent and complex stressor with multiple psychosocial ramifications. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10