Everyday discrimination and diurnal cortisol during adolescence

Huynh, Virginia W.; Guan, Shu Sha Angie; Almeida, David M.; McCreath, Heather; Fuligni, Andrew J.

doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.01.009

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“…According to Zebrowitz and Montepare (2000), adolescents are often negatively misconceived by adults as moody, irresponsible, and self-absorbed. In fact, in an article from the current sample by Huynh and colleagues (2016), adolescents reported experiencing age discrimination as often as they encounter ethnic discrimination. Lastly, the significant transformations that occur during puberty contribute to adolescents’ increased self-awareness of their changing bodies.…”

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Discrimination and Sleep Difficulties during Adolescence: The Mediating Roles of Loneliness and Perceived Stress

Majeno

Tsai

Huynh

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J Youth Adolescence

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Irregular and insufficient sleep place youth at risk for adverse psychological and physical health outcomes. Recent research indicates that discrimination constitutes a type of stressor that interferes with adolescent sleep; however, the mechanisms through which discrimination affects sleep are not well understood. This study examined whether ethnic and non-ethnic (i.e., gender, age, and height/weight) discrimination were associated with adolescents’ sleep duration, variability, and quality, and whether loneliness and perceived stress mediated these associations. An ethnically-diverse sample (42% Latino, 29% European American, 23% Asian) of adolescents (N = 316; Mage = 16.40 years, 57% girls) reported on their experiences of discrimination, perceived stress, and loneliness. Sleep duration and variability were assessed by actigraphy and sleep quality through self-reports. Ethnic discrimination was related to shorter sleep duration and both ethnic and non-ethnic discrimination were associated with worse sleep quality. Loneliness and perceived stress partially mediated the relation between discrimination and sleep quality. Discriminatory experiences can heighten feelings of loneliness and stress, which, in turn, may contribute to diminished sleep quality during adolescence.

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Discrimination and Sleep Difficulties during Adolescence: The Mediating Roles of Loneliness and Perceived Stress

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Tsai

Huynh

et al. 2017

J Youth Adolescence

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“…Conversely, the association between discrimination and lower cortisol intercepts (waking cortisol) has been documented in studies of ethnically/racially diverse groups of people. In a study of ethnically and racially diverse late adolescents, which included Latinx people, experiences of racist discrimination were associated with lower waking cortisol and flatter salivary cortisol slopes (Huynh et al, 2016). Discrimination and flattened diurnal cortisol slopes also were associated in a sample that included Latinx emerging adults (Zeiders et al, 2014).…”

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Challenges to Identity Integration Indirectly Link Experiences of Heterosexist and Racist Discrimination to Lower Waking Salivary Cortisol in Sexually Diverse Latinx Emerging Adults

Parra

Hastings

2020

Front. Psychol.

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Heterosexist and racist discrimination may adversely impact neurobiological processes implicated in the physical and psychosocial well-being of sexually diverse Latinx people. Yet, little is known about how experiences of both heterosexist and racist discrimination are associated with adrenocortical and psychological functioning in groups of people with multiply marginalized social group identities. Through the application of the intersectionality, minority stress, and allostatic load frameworks, it was hypothesized that experiences of heterosexist and racist discrimination would be associated with disruptions to diurnal salivary cortisol patterns and challenges to identity integration. A group of sexually diverse (self-identified lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer) Latinx emerging adults (N = 51; ages 18-29, M = 24.06 years; SD = 2.73) provided saliva samples and completed a series of questionnaires during a four-day testing protocol. Heterosexist and racist discrimination were both positively associated with challenges to identity integration. Challenges to identity integration, in turn, were associated with lower intercepts of diurnal cortisol slopes, and heterosexist and racist discrimination were indirectly associated with lower cortisol intercepts via challenges to identity integration. These findings suggest that experiences of heterosexist and racist discrimination may interconnect by challenging sexual and ethnic/racial identity integration and disrupting adaptive adrenocortical regulation among sexually diverse Latinx emerging adults.

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“…There is moderate intraindividual stability in the CAR and the decline across the day. The patterns of change in the CAR and in the daily decline have been associated with many psychosocial variables in adolescents, including psychopathology, social relationships, academic performance, health status including weight status, and social contexts (e.g., Adam et al., ; Alink et al., ; Drake, Sladek, & Doane, ; Huynh, Guan, Almeida, McCreath, & Fuligni, ). Researchers must consider the potential effect of confounding factors such as medication usage, diet, and tobacco use (Nicolson, ; Wilde, Out, Johnson, & Granger, 2013) as well as nonadherence to sampling protocols (Dockray, Bhattacharyya, Molloy, & Steptoe, 2008; Okun et al., ) and apply exclusion criteria or use statistical processes accordingly.…”

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Measuring the Psychobiological Correlates of Daily Experience in Adolescents

Dockray

O’Neill

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2019

J of Research on Adolesc

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Mapping the psychobiological correlates of social contexts, experiences, and emotional responses of adolescents in their daily lives provides insight into how adolescent well‐being shapes, and is shaped by, experience. Measures of these psychobiological correlates are enabled by devices and technologies that must be precise and suitable for adolescent participants. The present report reviews the most often used research measures, and suggests strategies for best practice, drawn from practical experience. The rapid advances in technological methods to collect attuned measures of psychological processes, social context, and biological function indicate the promise for multimodal measures in ecological settings. Attaining these methodological goals will support research to secure comprehensive, quality data, and advance the understanding of psychobiological function in ambulatory settings.

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Everyday discrimination and diurnal cortisol during adolescence

Cited by 59 publications

References 33 publications

Discrimination and Sleep Difficulties during Adolescence: The Mediating Roles of Loneliness and Perceived Stress

Discrimination and Sleep Difficulties during Adolescence: The Mediating Roles of Loneliness and Perceived Stress

Challenges to Identity Integration Indirectly Link Experiences of Heterosexist and Racist Discrimination to Lower Waking Salivary Cortisol in Sexually Diverse Latinx Emerging Adults

Measuring the Psychobiological Correlates of Daily Experience in Adolescents

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