Table 3.
Community Environment Variablesa
| Construct | Range | Total, M (SD) | Girls, M (SD) | Boys, M (SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnic-based discrimination from peers | 1-5 | |||
| Name calling/racial slurs and comments | 1.97 (1.12) | 1.80 (1.00) | 2.17 (1.22)b | |
| Physical abuse/violence | 1.50 (0.96) | 1.27 (0.66) | 1.78 (1.16)b | |
| Ethnic-based discrimination at school | 1-5 | |||
| You were wrongly disciplined | 1.66 (0.99) | 1.50 (0.84) | 1.86 (1.12)b | |
| You were given a lower grade than you deserved | 1.61 (0.96) | 1.46 (0.86) | 1.78 (1.04)b | |
| People expected more of you than they expected of others your age | 2.27 (1.27) | 2.17 (1.26) | 2.38 (1.28) | |
| Ethnic-based discrimination from police | 1-5 | |||
| Stopped | 1.53 (1.02) | 1.23 (0.58) | 1.88 (1.28)b | |
| Harassed | 1.40 (0.91) | 1.15 (0.50) | 1.68 (1.17)b | |
| Taken to the police station | 1.28 (0.77) | 1.09 (0.39) | 1.50 (1.00)b |
a
N = 475 participants in the total sample. Participants who identified as transgender or had missing on gender (n = 6) were not included in analyses for females (n = 246) or males (n = 220). All items in this table were youth generated except school discrimination items, which were adapted from previous studies.23,24
b
P < .05 indicating significantly higher scores.