N. Keita Christophe, Ph.D.

New Paper Out! (5/27/21)

Kiang, L., Christophe, N. K., & Stein, G. L. (2021). Differentiating Pathways between Ethnic-Racial Identity and Critical Consciousness. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01453-9

Takeaways:
(1) Links between aspects of ethnic-racial identity and critical consciousness in adolescence are complicated y'all! We should be cognizant of differential effects across ERI dimension & differential effects of the same aspect of ERI across dimensions of CC

— Keita Christophe, Ph.D. (@NK_Christophe) June 3, 2021

New Paper Out! (4/29/21)

Christophe, N. K., & Stein, G. L. (2021). Shift-&-persist and discrimination predicting depression across the life course: An accelerated longitudinal design using MIDUSI-III. Development and Psychopathology, 1–16. 

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Brief summary of findings via Twitter:

2. Examine how discrimination, coping, & their interaction during different decades of life lead to deviations from people's life course trajectory of depression

3. Identify sensitive periods in life course dev where discrimination & coping are particularly risky or protective

— Keita Christophe (@NK_Christophe) April 29, 2021

3. We found sensitive periods for discrimination & coping during midlife:

30's Discrimination didn't predict 30's depression
if people used shift-&-persist (S&P) coping during the 30's

40's Discrimination didn't influence 50's depression if people used S&P coping during 40's

— Keita Christophe (@NK_Christophe) April 29, 2021

Main Lesson learned:

Accelerated longitudinal design is a great way to answer questions about long-term developmental change & sensitive periods of dev

^ Happy to collaborate if anybody wants to apply these types of approaches to their longitudinal data on cultural processes

— Keita Christophe (@NK_Christophe) April 29, 2021