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Latino Adolescents’ Experiences with Ethnic Discrimination: Moderating Factors and Mediating Mechanisms

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Prevalence rates of ethnic discrimination among Latino middle and high school students show that 80% report at least one discriminatory incident at school (Gonzalez et al., 2014) and these experiences with discrimination pose a serious risk to Latino adolescents’ healthy adjustment and overall development (e.g., Berkel et al., 2010). The proposed chapter presents a practical understanding of the experience of ethnic discrimination among Latino adolescents, addresses specific forms and contexts of discrimination (e.g., peer, teacher, police), and delineates the detrimental effects discrimination can have on youths’ academic, physical, and mental health outcomes. We also discuss how protective factors that may occur within the individual, family, neighborhood, and/or school context may help to mitigate the negative effects of ethnic discrimination on youths’ well-being.

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Notes

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    In this chapter, we use the Spanish shorthand, Latino, for the Spanish word latinoamericano to refer to individuals of Latin American descent living in the US; however, when reviewing work that does not use this terminology, we use the respective terms used by the authors (e.g., Hispanic, Mexican-origin).

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Delgado, M.Y., Nair, R.L., Zeiders, K.H., Jones, S.K. (2019). Latino Adolescents’ Experiences with Ethnic Discrimination: Moderating Factors and Mediating Mechanisms. In: Fitzgerald, H.E., Johnson, D.J., Qin, D.B., Villarruel, F.A., Norder, J. (eds) Handbook of Children and Prejudice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12228-7_29

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