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Healing Interpersonal and Racial Trauma: Integrating Racial Socialization Into Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for African American Youth

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Metzger, Isha W., Anderson, Riana Elyse, Are, Funlola, Ritchwood, Tiarney·2021·Child Maltreatment
DOI 10.1177/1077559520921457PMC PMC8807349
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African American youth are more likely than their peers from other racial and ethnic groups to experience interpersonal traumas and traumatic racist and discriminatory encounters. Unfortunately, evidence-based trauma treatments have been less effective among these youth likely due to these treatments not being culturally tailored to address both interpersonal and racial trauma. In this article, we utilize the racial encounter coping appraisal and socialization theory to propose suggestions for adapting trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy-an evidence-based trauma treatment for children and adolescents-to include racial socialization or the process of transmitting culture, attitudes, and values to help youth overcome stressors associated with ethnic minority status. We conclude by discussing implications for the research and clinical community to best promote healing from both interpersonal and racial trauma for African American youth.

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  • Theoretical and empirical studies developed to culturally address racial trauma have a common set of elements.

    “Theoretical and empirical studies developed to culturally address racial trauma have a common set of elements (Chioneso et al., 2020; Comas-Díaz, 2016; Metzger et al., 2021).”

    From Complex Racial Trauma: Evidence, Theory, Assessment, and Treatment (2023) · cites this paper as Metzger et al., 2021

    The Proposed Treatment Integration section (page unavailable) describes elements of one culturally responsive approach: integrating racial socialization into trauma-focused CBT for African American youth. The paper does not establish that theoretical and empirical studies addressing racial trauma share a common set of elements. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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  • Few studies have been devoted to treatments that can adequately address race-based trauma.

    “Although the scientific literature has become more focused on race-based trauma, few studies have been devoted to treatments that can adequately address these issues (Chioneso et al., 2020; Metzger et al., 2021).”

    From Complex Racial Trauma: Evidence, Theory, Assessment, and Treatment (2023) · cites this paper as Metzger et al., 2021

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Authors
Metzger, I. W., Anderson, R. E., Are, F., & Ritchwood, T.
Affiliations
  • University of Georgia (US)
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • Medical University of South Carolina (US)
  • Duke University (US)
Corresponding author
Metzger, Isha W.
ORCID
Venue
Child Maltreatment
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2020-05-05
Volume
26
Issue
1
Pages
17-27
ISSN
  • 1077-5595 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-6119
DOI
10.1177/1077559520921457
PMC
PMC8807349
OpenAlex
W3021692847
Cited by
189
References
11
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2026: 27 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 40 · 2022: 38 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 2
FWCI
32.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Child Maltreatment (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Aging (P30AG015281)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R25MH087217)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Counseling Practices and Supervision
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
Keywords
racial socialization, racial trauma, interpersonal trauma, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, African American youth, racism and discrimination, children and adolescents
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Black or African American, Child, Ethnicity, Humans, Minority Groups, Socialization, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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