The Moderating Role of Centrality on Associations between Ethnic Identity Affirmation and Ethnic Minority College Students' Mental Health

Autor/inn/en	Brittian, Aerika S.; Umana-Taylor, Adriana J.; Lee, Richard M.; Zamboanga, Byron L.; Kim, Su Yeong; Weisskirch, Robert S.; Castillo, Linda G.; Whitbourne, Susan Krauss; Hurley, Eric A.; Huynh, Que-Lam; Brown, Elissa J.; Caraway, S. Jean
Titel	The Moderating Role of Centrality on Associations between Ethnic Identity Affirmation and Ethnic Minority College Students' Mental Health
Quelle	In: Journal of American College Health, 61 (2013) 3, S.133-140 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0744-8481
DOI	10.1080/07448481.2013.773904
Schlagwörter	Mental Health; College Students; Ethnicity; Hispanic American Students; African American Students; Asian American Students; Correlation; Racial Differences; Identification (Psychology); Minority Groups; Anxiety; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Age Differences; Gender Differences; Student Surveys; Path Analysis; Beck Anxiety Inventory; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychohygiene; Collegestudent; Ethnizität; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Korrelation; Rassenunterschied; Ethnische Minderheit; Angst; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Schülerbefragung; Pfadanalyse
Abstract	Background: Prior literature has shown that ethnic affirmation, one aspect of ethnic identity, is positively associated with mental health. However, the associations between ethnic affirmation and mental health may vary depending how much importance individuals place on their ethnic group membership (ie, centrality). Methods: Using path analysis, the current study examined the relations between ethnic affirmation and indices of mental health problems (ie, anxiety and depressive symptoms), and tested whether the process was moderated by ethnic centrality among 3,659 college students representing 3 ethnic groups (41% Latino/a, 35% Asian American, and 24% African American) who participated in a large, multisite university study. Results and Conclusions: Results suggested that the associations between ethnic affirmation and mental health were stronger for Latino/a and Asian American students who reported higher levels of ethnic centrality. For African Americans, higher levels of ethnic affirmation predicted better mental health, but this association did not vary as a function of ethnic centrality. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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