Publication details
The impact of racial discrimination and school composition on Latinx adolescents’ social status insecurity and aggression
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| Year of publication | 2020 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Youth & Society |
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| Citation | |
| Web | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0044118X19857866 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0044118X19857866 |
| Keywords | Latinx; adolescent; school composition; racial discrimination; social status insecurity; aggression; relational aggression; overt aggression |
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| Description | This study examined the relationship between racial discrimination by peers (RDPS) and aggression across 1 year through the mediation of insecurity regarding peer status (i.e., social status insecurity [SSI]) among Latinx adolescents who were part of a school in which they were (a) the majority, (b) the minority, or (c) part of the majority. Participants were 606 Latinx adolescents (60% girls; M = 14.36 years, SD = 0.46 years). RDPS was positively associated with SSI for minority and part-of-the-majority adolescents. For part-of-the-majority adolescents, SSI was positively associated with self-reported aggression and peer-nominated overt aggression. Only SSI and self-reported overt aggression were associated for majority adolescents. Aggressive behaviors were associated with SSI among minority adolescents. SSI mediated the association between RDPS and aggression for minority adolescents. For part-of-the-majority adolescents, self-reported overt aggression and RDPS were mediated by SSI. These findings indicate that RDPS affects minority and part-of-the-majority adolescents’ insecure feelings regarding their peer status, which contributes to aggressive behaviors 1 year later. |