Abstract
Racism-related relational schemas such as negative public regard, a facet of racial identity, can both contribute to or buffer against risk for internalizing psychopathology. Expressive suppression may be a target factor in understanding the complex relationship between negative public regard and internalizing psychopathology. The present investigation examined indirect effects of negative public regard on internalizing symptoms through expressive suppression of negative emotions in a sample of Black youth. One hundred Black youth (Mage = 11.77 years, SD = 2.64; 73% male) were recruited nationally and administered self-report measures of racial identity, emotion regulation strategies, and internalizing symptoms. After accounting for the variance explained by age and racial discrimination experiences, there was a statistically significant indirect effect of negative public regard on internalizing symptoms via sadness expressive suppression (b = −0.81, PM = 1.28, SE = 0.30; 95% CI [−1.45, −0.26]). Findings underscore the nuanced relationship between negative public regard and internalizing psychopathology and highlight the importance of furthering comprehension of interventions targeting suppressive emotion regulation among Black youth.
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