Typologies of discrimination: Latinx youth's experiences in an emerging immigrant community

Dev Psychol. 2019 Apr;55(4):846-854. doi: 10.1037/dev0000638. Epub 2018 Dec 13.

Abstract

Few studies examine how racial-ethnic peer discrimination experiences of Latinx youth vary across the race-ethnicity of the perpetrator. In a sample of 170 Latinx early adolescents (Mage = 12.86 years, range = 10.33-15.23; 51% female), we identified 4 latent profiles of youth: (a) relatively low likelihood of experiencing discrimination regardless of peers' racial-ethnic group (38%; low discrimination); (b) relatively high probability of experiencing discrimination from the majority outgroup peers (33%; outgroup); (c) relatively high likelihood of experiencing discrimination from ingroup peers (14%; ingroup); (d) the highest probability of discrimination experiences across the in- and outgroup (15%; high discrimination group). Overall, Latinx youth classified in a typology characterized by a higher likelihood of experiencing discrimination from both ingroup and outgroup peers also reported the worst internalizing and externalizing symptoms relative to those in the low discrimination typology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Emigrants and Immigrants / psychology*
  • Female
  • Hispanic or Latino*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Peer Group*
  • Racism / ethnology*
  • Racism / statistics & numerical data*
  • Sexual and Gender Minorities / statistics & numerical data*