Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

A multilevel modeling analysis of community-based mental health and psychosocial support group intervention for refugee newcomers in the United States
Im H, Verbillis-Kolp S, Kim S, Bonz AG and Mustafayeva S
A growing number of resettlement agencies adopt and implement interventions and programs to promote community-based mental health and psychosocial support (CB-MHPSS) among refugees and asylum seekers in the United States. However, few studies examine how multilevel factors either facilitate or interfere with mental health and other associated outcomes. Adopting a realist evaluation approach, this study examines the effects of multilevel (i.e., community, group and individual) factors on mental health coping and emotional well-being (EW) among asylum seekers and refugee newcomers in CB-MHPSS group interventions.
Subjective experiences of language brokering among adolescents: Resilience, relationships, risky behaviors, and mental health outcomes
Weisskirch RS
Adolescents from immigrant families often translate or interpret communication on behalf of their parents, a process known as language brokering (LB). From a poststress growth framework, these LB experiences may yield opportunities for personal development and resilience or may contribute to risky behaviors and poor mental health. In this study, frequency of LB and subjective feelings of LB are tested as they relate to family relationships, resilience, risky behaviors, and mental health outcomes.
Online racial discrimination scale: A study of measurement invariance across racial-ethnic and gender groups
Hoang TH, Maxie-Moreman A, Polanco-Roman L, Willis HA and Tynes BM
Reliable and valid tools assessing online racism exposures in youth of color are needed. The present study examined the validity, internal consistency, and measurement invariance of the modified individual and vicarious Online Racial Discrimination (ORD) subscales from the Online Victimization Scale (OVS; Tynes et al., 2010).
Apology for the publication of Sheng et al. (2024)
Kim SY, Neblett EW, Ross RJ, Millan F and Hsu HH
Recently, published Sheng et al.'s (see record 2024-72017-001) article titled "The Development of Tibetan Children's Racial Bias in Empathy: The Mediating Role of Ethnic Identity and Wrongfulness of Ethnic Intergroup Bias." The article went through the standard peer review process. Subsequent to its publication, one of our readers expressed concerns regarding the biased language (e.g., "backwardness of education") and deficit-oriented interpretation of findings (e.g., "the geographical environment and traditional way of life in Tibet can also impact the development of [racial biases in empathy] in Tibetan children"). The reader rightly pointed out that this language and interpretation reinforce imperialism, particularly given the complex relations between Tibet and China. We sincerely apologize to our readers, and especially to our Tibetan colleagues, for failing to identify these issues prior to the publication of the article.Wetake accountability for the oversight and have followed due process to correct our mistakes in the publication of this article. We will also take action to prevent this from happening again. In this editorial, we describe the study, actions taken by the CDEMP Editorial Team, the authors' response, and future actions to be taken by the CDEMP Editorial Team. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
Cultural stress theory: An overview
Meca A and Schwartz SJ
Immigrants, and the children of immigrants, are exposed to unique stressors rooted in both (a) the need to balance their heritage culture with the destination culture and (b) the widespread framing of immigrants as real and/or existential threats to the destination society. Seeking to better conceptualize these unique cultural stressors, and to better understand the mechanisms and protective factors, several lines of research have converged, leading to the development of cultural stress theory (CST). This introduction provides an overview CST, starting with its theoretical roots, then proceeding to its key tenets. In addition, and serving as an overall framework for the articles included in this special issue, we outline key directions for future research on cultural stress, highlighting how the articles within this special issue serve to expand CST in important new ways and directions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
Contextualizing experiences of cultural stress: A qualitative exploration among Hispanic/Latinx youth in Miami and Los Angeles
Zeledon I, Meca A, Duque M, Lee R, Herzig E, Rodriguez V, Anderson JD, West A and Unger JB
Hispanic/Latinx youth vary in their immigration heritage (e.g., country of origin, familial migration history, etc.) and the structure of their communities. This study is a qualitative exploration of Hispanic/Latinx youth experiences of cultural stress in Miami and Los Angeles in 2021.
Contextualizing linguistic acculturation and alcohol use among Hispanic college students in the social digital environment
Perrotte JK, Romero DN, Ceballos NA, Howard KJ and Graham R
Linguistic acculturation is a predictor of alcohol use among Hispanic college students, but existing linguistic acculturation measures do not capture language use in the social digital context (e.g., social media). Guided by and past empirical findings, this study operationalized two dimensions of social digital linguistic acculturation (SDLA) and examined the interactive effects of SDLA with immigration generation-a demographic proxy for acculturation-in relation to alcohol use intentions and behaviors.
Examining the indirect effects of acculturation stress on insomnia through rumination and alcohol use among Latinx women and men
Giorgio Cosenzo LA and Alcántara C
Acculturation stress, a type of sociocultural stress, is positively associated with insomnia among Latinxs; however, the mechanisms of this association remain elusive. We tested the indirect effects of acculturation stress on insomnia through rumination and alcohol use, two coping strategies associated with insomnia, and explored these effects in gender-stratified models among Latinxs.
Correction to "The development of Tibetan children's racial bias in empathy: The mediating role of ethnic identity and wrongfulness of ethnic intergroup bias" by Sheng et al. (2024)
Reports an error in "The development of Tibetan children's racial bias in empathy: The mediating role of ethnic identity and wrongfulness of ethnic intergroup bias" by Jing Sheng, Li Wang, Shuang Lin, Yousong Hu, Yiting Ouyang, Shumin Duan, Shuilian Luo, Qiwen Cai, Yongtao Wu, Wenjun Yan and Jun Chen (, Advanced Online Publication, Apr 11, 2024, np). In the article, the authors wish to remove biased language and inappropriate discussion surrounding the comparison between the Tibetan sample and the non-Tibetan samples, and the text discussing the development of Tibetan children's awareness of their own racial prejudice. The necessary corrections are present in the erratum. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2024-72017-001).
Through the eyes of my peers: Sharing perceptions of unequal treatment in ethno-racially diverse classrooms
Kende J, Gagliolo M, van Laar C, Tropp LR and Phalet K
Perceptions of unequal treatment, especially when shared, can challenge the status-quo. Starting from the social grounding of shared perceptions, we ask when perceptions of inequality align and converge in ethno-racially diverse peer groups. We are especially interested when perceptions are shared among peers across ethno-racial group boundaries. Social-psychological research suggests asymmetric sharing: Ethno-racial minority group members often see less inequality with more majority contact, while in some cases ethno-racial majority members perceive more inequality with more minority contact. Therefore, we ask if perceptions of inequality are shared across minority and majority groups within time and if perceptions of inequality converge over time.
African descent populations in the United States are not monolithic: A scoping review of African immigrants' mental health and coping strategies
Nyanamba JM, Hanebutt R, Goodwin A, Gonzalez-Detrés C, Kapatamoyo K, Bamwine P, Okonkwo MN, Kodiamplakkal H, Narisetti L, Murry VM and Walker P
African immigrants in the United States have unique experiences and stressors, resulting in diverse outcomes and disparities. As such, examining the effects of cultural stressors (e.g., discrimination, the negative context of reception, bicultural stress) on immigrant populations' mental health can provide a useful framework for explaining and identifying malleable targets to reduce African immigrants' health disparities. This review mapped conceptual and methodological knowledge of cultural stress in African immigrants by applying the cultural stress theoretical framework to reveal (a) what we currently know about the impact of cultural stressors on African immigrants' mental health and (b) coping strategies African immigrants utilize to persist in achieving positive health outcomes.
Moral judgments of outgroup cultural use
Mosley AJ and Solomon LH
Outgroup cultural use elicits controversy, including about whether it is immoral. The objective of the current work was to ask how laypeople morally evaluate individuals who adopt elements of outgroup culture for their own use and to probe a psychological mechanism underlying these evaluations.
Voices and experiences of Moroccan-heritage women and men in Spain: Understanding affective reactions to injustice through mixed-methods
López-Rodríguez L, Constantin AA, Vázquez A, González-Martín B, Vázquez-Flores E and Cuadrado I
Research has not often delved into the experiences of the Moroccan-heritage community in Western societies. We followed a mixed-methods approach, combining qualitative with quantitative methods, applying an intersectionality perspective to analyze the feelings and perceptions of Moroccan-heritage people about their situation in Spain, interaction with Spaniards, perceived discrimination, and metaperceptions to understand their affective reactions to injustice (Studies 1 and 2), and willingness to mobilize (Study 2).
Latent profiles of perceived discrimination, bicultural stress, and negative context of reception and associations with mental health in a sample of Hispanic and Somali adolescents
Grigsby TJ, Becerra L, Areba E and Forster M
Ethnic minority youth experience multiple sociocultural stressors, experiences that are distinct from general measures of perceived stress. The present study aims to identify heterogenous subgroups of youth based on three self-reported sociocultural stressors (bicultural stress, perceived discrimination, and perceived negative context of reception).
Validation of the Coping With Discrimination Scale among Arab/Middle Eastern North African Americans
Sadek K, Awad GH and Bennett AM
Arab/Middle Eastern North African (MENA) Americans experience high levels of discrimination, which is associated with greater engagement in coping strategies to alleviate the stress. The Coping with Discrimination Scale (CDS; Wei, Alvarez, et al., 2010) remains one of the only measures that assesses responses to discrimination. Given the difficulties of conducting research with Arab/MENA groups, few measures have been validated for use with this population. Thus, the purpose of this study is to validate the CDS among Arab/MENA Americans.
Criminality, foreignness, and illness stereotypes underlie racial minorities' social identity threat wearing different face masks during COVID-19
Kahn KB, Money EEL, Granger AM, Cutler J and Fuentes S
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Black and Asian, compared to White, people experienced unique social identity threats (SITs) while wearing face masks (Kahn & Money, 2022). This study examines specific racial stereotypes (criminality, foreignness, illness) and mask types (bandanas, surgical masks, maskless) that underlie SIT while wearing masks and their effect on safety.
The association between mass media news about interethnic contact and relations between ethnic minorities and natives: The perspective of African immigrants in Italy
Prati F, Kana Kenfack CS, Hewstone M and Rubini M
The present research investigated the role of a pervasive and often negative form of indirect contact, exposure to mass media news on interethnic contact. Specifically, we examined the associations between mass media exposure and both African immigrants' attitudes toward native Italians and their collective action intentions to achieve higher intergroup equality in the host country.
Konaway Nika Tillicum Native Youth Academy: Enacting a medicine wheel educational framework
Ellington T, Tehee M, Litts BK and West D
Native American youth need educational experiences that promote positive, healthy development, which requires decolonizing current educational experiences. Konaway Nika Tillicum Native Youth Academy (KNT) offers a holistic approach to education, incorporating Tribal cultures and values along with valuing higher education. Across two complementary studies, we seek to understand how the Medicine Wheel framework supports the design of educational experiences and the effectiveness of this design on positive development factors, including cultural identity development, self-esteem, and academic optimism.
Patterns of ethnic-racial identity and critical consciousness and associations with science, technology, engineering, and math engagement and perceived barriers: A latent class analysis of youth of color
Mathews CJ, Cerda-Smith J, Joy A, Knox JL, Bañales J, Medina M and Mulvey KL
Despite the well-documented scholarship highlighting ethnic-racial identity (ERI) and critical consciousness (CC) as promotive of positive academic outcomes, little research has explored what role these cultural assets may play in shaping science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) engagement and perceptions of barriers to STEM for youth of color. This work explored relations between racially minoritized youths' patterns of ERI and CC in association with STEM engagement and perceptions of STEM career and educational barriers.
Black racial identity and engagement during Black Lives Matter 2020: The role of age and multiracial status
Jones CM, Lam PH and Rogers LO
The social category of race plays an important role in how people navigate their identities and social worlds, especially in societies where racial injustice is salient. The present study considers the racial identity experiences of Multiracial and monoracial Black adults in the United States during a race-salient moment: the 2020 Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Using survey data collected in the fall of 2020, our study seeks to understand racial identity and activism experiences among age-diverse monoracial and Multiracial Black people during BLM 2020.
Chinese mothers' profiles of color-conscious socialization and social dominance orientation: Relations to children's racial attitudes
Gao D, van Geel M, Liu J and Mesman J
This study concerns Chinese mothers' color-conscious socialization and social dominance orientation and how these relate to children's racial attitudes.