Seguimos Avanzando - Latino Youth Coping With Discrimination

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The overall objective of this study is to investigate mediators and moderators at multiple ecological (individual, family/peer and school/neighborhood levels) and time-scale (micro- and macro-time) levels in the link between discrimination-related stressors and mental health among 340 Mexican-origin youth.

Detailed Description
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The project's long-term goal is to improve the mental health of Mexican-origin youth by reducing the deleterious effects of racism, othering, and negative neighborhood interactions. Community based collaboration will be used to recruit a sample of 340 Mexican-origin adolescents, mothers, and fathers in Indiana. The inclusion of fathers will be a valuable contribution to the literature, given the dearth of studies on Latinx fathers/stepfathers. A combination of annual surveys administered over three waves to parents and youth (macro-time) and a 21-day daily diary (micro-time) administered in wave 1 to youth is employed to assess important questions about how mediating and moderating processes unfold over time. Specific aims of the project include determination of within-person discrimination-related stressors that impact youth's mental health outcomes and the mechanisms of action at both micro- and macro- time levels; identification of protective factors that could help coping with discrimination related stressors and conditions under which they work; and elucidating youth, parent, and neighborhood risk factors that moderate the link between discrimination-related stressors and mental health outcomes in youth. This research is highly translational in that it will facilitate the development of more effective, culturally sensitive prevention and intervention strategies for Latinx youth and their families.

Official Title
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Latino Youth Coping With Discrimination: A Multi-Level Investigation in Micro- and Macro-Time

Conditions
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Mental Health

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Adolescent Inclusion Criteria: The adolescent has two eligible caregivers (as defined in the following criteria) The adolescent resides with at least one of the two caregivers. One of the caregivers is a parent or legal guardian who is eligible to give consent for the child's participation. Caregiver Inclusion Criteria: Biological Parents of Mexican origin Legal guardians of Mexican origin Step-parents of Mexican origin A caregiver of Mexican origin identified by the parent/guardian who is 18 or older (e.g., grandparents, uncles/aunts, older siblings, godparents) Exclusion Criteria: A parent reports that the adolescent has a severe learning or developmental disability which would prevent understanding/survey response

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 12 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Children's Depression Inventory 2nd Edition™: Self-Report Short Form [(CDI-2: SR(S)] | Youth Depression, Total score 0-24, Higher scores are worse | Time 0 (baseline) | 
| Children's Depression Inventory 2nd Edition™: Self-Report Short Form [(CDI-2: SR(S)] | Youth Depression, Total score 0-24, Higher scores are worse | Month 12 | 
| Children's Depression Inventory 2nd Edition™: Self-Report Short Form [(CDI-2: SR(S)] | Youth Depression, Total score 0-24, Higher scores are worse | Month 24 | 
| Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders/ [General Anxiety subscale only] (SCARED) | Youth Anxiety, Subscale Total score 0-18, Higher scores are worse | Time 0 (baseline) | 
| Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders/ [General Anxiety subscale only] (SCARED) | Youth Anxiety, Subscale Total score 0-18, Higher scores are worse | Month 12 | 
| Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders/ [General Anxiety subscale only] (SCARED) | Youth Anxiety, Subscale Total score 0-18, Higher scores are worse | Month 24 | 
| Youth Self-Report for Ages 11-18 (YSR/11-18) | Youth Psychological Symptoms | Time 0 (baseline) | 
| Youth Self-Report for Ages 11-18 (YSR/11-18) | Youth Psychological Symptoms | Month 12 | 
| Youth Self-Report for Ages 11-18 (YSR/11-18) | Youth Psychological Symptoms | Month 24 | 
| Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 6-18 (CBCL/6-18) | Adaptive Functioning | Time 0 (baseline) | 
| Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 6-18 (CBCL/6-18) | Adaptive Functioning | Month 12 | 
| Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 6-18 (CBCL/6-18) | Adaptive Functioning | Month 24 | 
| Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) | Sleep Duration and Quality; Total global score (for unadapted scale) 0-21 | Time 0 (baseline) | 
| Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) | Sleep Duration and Quality; Total global score (for unadapted scale) 0-21 | Month 12 | 
| Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) | Sleep Duration and Quality; Total global score (for unadapted scale) 0-21 | Month 24 |