Small Study Examines Daily Racial Discrimination Among Black Adolescents In The US

Healio (12/17, Gramigna) reports, “Black adolescents in the United States reported more than five instances of racial discrimination daily, which led to short-term increases in depressive symptoms,” researchers concluded after surveying “101 black U.S. American adolescents to measure daily racial discrimination and 14-day depressive symptoms slopes.” The findings were published in the January-February issue of the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.

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— “Black adolescents may experience five daily instances of racial discrimination, “Joe Gramigna, Healio, December 17, 2019

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