Mediating role of self‐esteem: Black Caribbean and African American adolescents' initiation of sex

Abstract

To determine how self-esteem mediates the relationship between family support and initiation of sex for US-born Black Caribbean compared to African American adolescents. Secondary data analyses were performed on responses from 1170 adolescents from the National Survey of American Life-Adolescents supplement (2003)(2004). Weighted descriptive statistics and logistic regression analyses were performed to examine whether initiation of sex on perceived family support is mediated by self-esteem. The study population consists of 360 Black Caribbean and 810 African American adolescents. Sexual How to cite this article: Reid KS, Hastings JF, Caldwell CH. Mediating role of self-esteem: Black Caribbean and African American adolescents' initiation of sex.

Centering the Heterogeneity of Black Adolescents' Experiences: Guidance for Within‐Group Designs among African Diasporic Communities

“…This concern has been voiced in adolescent research as well (e.g., Ferguson, Bornstein, & Pottinger, 2012 ). Notably, the National Survey of American Life—Adolescents, a national representative sample of African American and Caribbean Black adolescents, has been used to examine heterogeneity among Black adolescents (e.g., Assari & Caldwell, 2018 ; Butler-Barnes & Iniss-Thompson, 2020 ; Reid, Hastings, & Caldwell, 2021 ; Seaton & Carter, 2020 ). However, a majority of this work has focused on differences between African American and Caribbean Black subsamples (i.e., utilizing interactions, moderation, and mean differences).…”