Introduction
depressive symptoms
Racism is a system of hierarchical categorization of social groups into races for the purpose of differential allocation of status, resources, and power in ways that privilege White individuals.Life course perspectives on child development and mental health emphasize how exposure to racism during sensitive developmental periods can result in sustained shifts in developmental trajectories.Empirical research has documented the mental health consequences of the individual-level component of racism typically referred to as This context underscores the need for the identification of preventive interventions that can ameliorate the influence of exposure to racial discrimination on Black adolescents’ mental health, particularly during the early adolescent years. Such attenuation of influence is referred to as Two additional studies provide indirect evidence of the promise of family-centered prevention. Lei et alPreliminary data support the potential for family-centered prevention programs to attenuate the association of racial discrimination with depressive symptoms; however, data focusing on young adolescents is indirect and not well established. Leveraging data from a more recent prevention trial of the SAAF program