Stereotypical beliefs and psychological well-being of African American adolescent girls: Collective self-esteem as a moderator
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African American women are often times characterized by stereotypes that can be traced back to slavery. Those stereotypes have been found to affect many outcomes in an array of domains related to work, intimate relationships, and personal well-being. The literature does not address how these stereotypes may affect adolescent African American girls. This study aimed to fill that gap by examining how the endorsement of stereotypes affects the psychological well-being, specifically stress, in 144 African American adolescent girls (N = 144) who ranged from 12–19 years old. This study goes a step further to investigate whether collective self-esteem can serve as a buffer between endorsement of stereotypes and perceived stress. Using combined mediation–moderation model, the analysis showed that there is a significant positive relationship between stereotypic beliefs and perceived stress that is buffered by moderate to high levels of collective self-esteem. Implications for treatment and policy, as well as educational recommendations are discussed.
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Among African American adolescent girls, collective racial self-esteem was shown to decrease the impact of race-based stressors.
“Among AA adolescent girls, collective racial self-esteem was shown to decrease the impact of race-based stressors [52,53].”
From Internalized Racism and Mental Health: The Moderating Role of Collective Racial Self-Esteem (2024) · cites this paper as [52]
Barrie and colleagues (2016) denoted collective self-esteem as a factor in reducing the effects of both depression and anxiety, but their investigation included a sample of young AA adults.
“Barrie and colleagues (2016 [52]) denoted collective self-esteem as a factor in reducing the effects of both depression and anxiety, but their investigation included a sample of young AA adults.”
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- Authors
- Barrie, R. E., Langrehr, K., Jerémie-Brink, G., Alder, N., Hewitt, A., & Thomas, A.
- Affiliations
- Adler University (US)
- University of Missouri–Kansas City (US)
- Loyola University Chicago (US)
- University of Akron (US)
- University of Indianapolis (US)
- Corresponding author
- Barrie, Rabiatu E.
- Venue
- Counselling Psychology Quarterly
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2016-04-27
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 423-442
- ISSN
- 0951-5070 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-3674
- OpenAlex
- W2343962620
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 71
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 1.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Counselling Psychology Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Keywords
- African American adolescent girls, collective self-esteem, perceived stress, psychological well-being, racial stereotypes, moderation, mediation, slavery legacy
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