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Daily ethnic-racial support from family and peers: Changes from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Yijie WangQi HuangSylvia LinMingzhang ChenYouchuan Zhang
Published in: Child development (2023)
Limited research has investigated the changes in ethnic-racial support that adolescents received during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study collected 2-week, daily data from 185 Midwest U.S. ethnic-racial minority adolescents (14.60 years old; 52% female) at two waves, spanning about 1 year apart. For the Pandemic Cohort (936 days of data, 41 participants; 2019-2020), peer cultural socialization declined significantly from before to during the pandemic; family cultural socialization, as well as family and peer support against discrimination, became more positively associated with same-day ethnic-racial identity over the pandemic ( β $$ \beta $$  = .13-.16). No significant changes emerged for the pre-Pandemic Cohort (3304 days of data, 144 participants; 2017-2019). Findings highlight the importance of ethnic-racial support during the pandemic when ethnic-racial issues were amplified in society.
Keyphrases
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  • african american
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  • young adults
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  • randomized controlled trial
  • data analysis
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  • atomic force microscopy
  • artificial intelligence