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| ROBERT SELLERSSummaryAffiliation: University of Michigan Country: USA Publications
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The role of racial identity in perceived racial discriminationRobert M Sellers
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 1109, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 84:1079-92. 2003..The results illustrate the complex role racial identity plays in the lives of African Americans...- Racial identity, racial discrimination, perceived stress, and psychological distress among African American young adultsRobert M Sellers
Department of Psychology, East Hall, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
J Health Soc Behav 44:302-17. 2003..Results are discussed within the context of identifying multiple pathways to psychological well-being for African American young adults within the context of racial discrimination... 
A longitudinal examination of racial identity and racial discrimination among African American adolescentsEleanor K Seaton
Department of Psychology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 3270, Davie Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3270, USA
Child Dev 80:406-17. 2009..The findings imply that perceived racial discrimination is linked to negative views that the broader society has of African Americans...- The status model of racial identity development in African American adolescents: evidence of structure, trajectories, and well-beingEleanor K Seaton
Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA
Child Dev 77:1416-26. 2006..Lastly, the results generally support the assumption that individuals in the achieved status had the highest levels of psychological well-being at both time periods... - Racial identity, parental support, and alcohol use in a sample of academically at-risk African American high school studentsCleopatra Howard Caldwell
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 2029, USA
Am J Community Psychol 34:71-82. 2004..An interaction between the two racial identity dimensions was also found such that private regard was associated with less alcohol use for adolescents who reported that race was a more central part of their identity... - Racial identity, maternal support, and psychological distress among African American adolescentsCleopatra Howard Caldwell
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor 48109 2029, USA
Child Dev 73:1322-36. 2002.... 
An intersectional approach for understanding perceived discrimination and psychological well-being among African American and Caribbean Black youthEleanor K Seaton
Department of Psychology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 3270, Davie Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3270, USA
Dev Psychol 46:1372-9. 2010..Specifically, older Caribbean Black female adolescents exhibited higher depressive symptoms and lower life satisfaction in the context of high levels of perceived discrimination compared with older African American male adolescents...- Parental racial socialization profiles: Association with demographic factors, racial discrimination, childhood socialization, and racial identityRhonda L White-Johnson
Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol 16:237-47. 2010.... - Racial socialization and racial identity: African American parents' messages about race as precursors to identityEnrique W Neblett
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3270, USA
J Youth Adolesc 38:189-203. 2009..These findings suggest that various patterns of racial socialization practices play an important role in the developing significance and meaning that African American adolescents ascribe to race... - Interracial and intraracial contact, school-level diversity, and change in racial identity status among African American adolescentsTiffany Yip
Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458, USA
Child Dev 81:1431-44. 2010..In students reporting high contact with Blacks in predominantly White schools, their identity was less likely to change for students with fewer White friends... - The prevalence of perceived discrimination among African American and Caribbean Black youthEleanor K Seaton
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3270, USA
Dev Psychol 44:1288-97. 2008..However, Caribbean Black youth appear to be more vulnerable when they perceive high levels of discrimination... - African American racial identity across the lifespan: identity status, identity content, and depressive symptomsTiffany Yip
Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458, USA
Child Dev 77:1504-17. 2006..No status differences were found for the other 2 age groups... - A measure of racial identity in African American adolescents: the development of the Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity--TeenKrista Maywalt Scottham
Department of Psychology, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240, USA
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol 14:297-306. 2008..Results also indicate model invariance across grade level and gender, as well as suggest evidence of predictive validity. Further information about the MIBI--T and the full set of items are presented... - Targets as perceivers: how people determine when they will be negatively stereotypedDaryl A Wout
Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, New York, NY 10019, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 96:349-62. 2009..The authors discuss the implications of these findings on the experience of being the target of negative stereotypes and on the academic achievement of Blacks and women... - One role or two? The function of psychological separation in role conflictIsis H Settles
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, East Lansing 48824, USA
J Appl Psychol 87:574-82. 2002..Specifically, role interference was negatively related to well-being for those who viewed the two roles as distinct but unrelated for those who did not. The buffering effects of role separation are discussed...
Research Grants
- African American Identity, Discrimination and Mental DisordersROBERT SELLERS; Fiscal Year: 2007..These conditions include a racial salience condition, a racial discrimination condition, and a control condition. Multilevel data analytic techniques will be employed across the various studies to achieve the specific aims of the study. ..
- African American Racial Identity: Across GenerationsROBERT SELLERS; Fiscal Year: 2004..Findings from the proposed study should advance our understanding of culturally relevant variables and processes in the experiences and functioning of African American adolescents. ..
- African American Identity, Discrimination and Mental DisordersROBERT SELLERS; Fiscal Year: 2009..These conditions include a racial salience condition, a racial discrimination condition, and a control condition. Multilevel data analytic techniques will be employed across the various studies to achieve the specific aims of the study. ..