TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - The influence of racial socialization, mentor support, and emotion regulation on the psychological well-being of African American boys
JO  - Journal of youth and adolescence
A1  - Khahra, Amardeep
A1  - Thomas, Alvin
A1  - Gale, Adrian
A1  - Rowley, Stephanie
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0047-2891
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-024-02016-4
ID  - ref1
ER  -