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Addressing the “Myth” of Racial Trauma: Developmental and Ecological Considerations for Youth of Color

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Saleem, Farzana T., Anderson, Riana E., Williams, Monnica·2020·Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

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Trauma is prevalent among children and adolescents, with youth of color generally reporting greater exposure compared to White youth. One factor that may account for this difference is racial stress, which can manifest into trauma symptoms. Although racial stress and trauma (RST) significantly impacts youth of color, most of the research to date has focused on adult populations. In addition, little attention has been given to the impact of the ecological context in how youth encounter and cope with RST. As such, we propose the Developmental and Ecological Model of Youth Racial Trauma (DEMYth-RT), a conceptual model of how racial stressors manifest to influence the trauma symptomatology of children and adolescents of color. Within developmental periods, we explore how individual, family, and community processes influence youth's symptoms and coping. We also discuss challenges to identifying racial trauma in young populations according to clinician limitations and the post-traumatic stress disorder framework within the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders-fifth edition (DSM-5). The article concludes with implications on applying DEMYth-RT in clinical and research settings to address RST for youth of color.

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  • BIPOC individuals rarely identify with one single occurrence of racial trauma; instead, they generally find themselves within two main categories of traumatic experiences based on their skin color: major racial trauma and everyday racial trauma.

    “BIPOC individuals rarely identify with one single occurrence of racial trauma. Instead, they generally find themselves within two main categories of traumatic experiences based on their skin color: major racial trauma and everyday racial trauma”

    From Complex Racial Trauma: Evidence, Theory, Assessment, and Treatment (2023) · cites this paper as Saleem et al., 2020

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  • Recent studies explicate the impact of race-based stress and trauma on biopsychosocial outcomes among youth of color.

    “Recent studies also explicate the impact of race-based stress and trauma (i.e., traumatic stress reactions elicited by racial discrimination) on biopsychosocial outcomes among youth of color (39–41).”

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  1. Anyiwo N, Richards-Schuster, & Jerald (under review). Using critical media literacy and youth-led research to promote the sociopolitical development of Black youth: Strategies from “Our Voices”.
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Authors
Saleem, F. T., Anderson, R. E., & Williams, M.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • University of Ottawa (CA)
Corresponding author
Saleem, Farzana T.
Venue
Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
Published
2019-10-23
Volume
23
Issue
1
Pages
1-14
ISSN
  • 1096-4037 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-2827
OpenAlex
W2982208430
Cited by
210
References
157
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 46 · 2022: 46 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 2
FWCI
4.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Aging (P30AG015281)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Counseling Practices and Supervision
Keywords
racial trauma, racial stress, youth of color, children and adolescents, trauma symptoms, coping, family and community context, post-traumatic stress disorder, DSM-5 diagnostic criteria, conceptual model
MeSH terms
Psychological Trauma, Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Child, Humans, Models, Psychological, Stress, Psychological, Racism

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