Let me choose: Primary caregiver cultural humility, racial identity, and mental health for multiracial people.

2018/12/27 by Marisa Franco, Stacey McElroy-Heltzel, Stacey E. McElroy‐Heltzel · 4 citations
Psychology · #Clinical psychology #Cultural competence #Cultural humility #Humility #Identity (music) #MEDLINE #Mental health #Migration, Health and Trauma #Political science #Pride #PsycINFO #Psychology #Psychotherapist #Social psychology #Socialization #Theology

paper · doi:10.1037/cou0000317

openalex publication_date 2018/12/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

= 399) were recruited to fill out measures of caregiver cultural humility, mental health, and racial identity via Qualtrics. Findings indicated that caregiver cultural humility was correlated with less depressive symptoms for Multiracial children. Age moderated relationships between humility and depressive symptoms, such that primary caregiver humility negatively correlated with depressive symptoms for Multiracial individuals in their mid to late thirties and younger. Multiracial pride and challenges with racial identity partially explained relationships between cultural humility and depressive symptoms. Also, challenges with racial identity moderated relationships between humility and depressive symptoms, such that humility was more beneficial for individuals experiencing more challenges with racial identity. Results of the study highlight cultural humility as a promotive strategy that primary caregivers might employ to foster the mental health and racial identity of Multiracial children. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

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