@article{ref1,
title="The influence of racial socialization, mentor support, and emotion regulation on the psychological well-being of African American boys",
journal="Journal of youth and adolescence",
year="2024",
author="Khahra, Amardeep and Thomas, Alvin and Gale, Adrian and Rowley, Stephanie",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Although it is well-documented that school-based racial discrimination can have adverse effects on African American adolescents, the understanding of how socio-emotional factors can act as safeguards is still limited. This study explores whether emotion regulation, mentor support, and parent racial socialization help African American boys cope with school-based racial discrimination. Factors such as emotion regulation are internal assets, while mentor support and parent racial socialization are external resources. Four hundred and eighty-seven African American boys aged 12 to 18 (M = 14.33; SD = 1.62) participated. School-based racial discrimination correlated negatively with psychological well-being. Only emotion regulation and parental racial socialization were related to positive psychological well-being. However, mentor support buffered against the negative impacts of school-based racial discrimination on psychological well-being. These results underscore the significance of assets and resources in bolstering African American boys' resilience against school-based racial discrimination, with implications for interventions and future research.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0047-2891",
doi="10.1007/s10964-024-02016-4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-024-02016-4"
}