Su Yeong Kim: Developmental Research

When Parental Experiences of Discrimination Reach Beyond the Individual Discrimination continues to be a pervasive challenge for ethnic minority families in the United States and around the world. While much research has focused on how discrimination directly harms children and adolescents, a crucial but often overlooked part of the story lies in the experiences of parents. When parents face discrimination, whether at work, in social settings, or in public spaces, those stresses do not exist in isolation. A systematic review of 30 empirical studies conducted by Su Yeong Kim , Jiaxuan Zhang · Wen Wen · Yayu Du · Yishan Shen · Kiera M. Coulter · Jinjin Yan· María Paula · Yávar Calderón , published in Adolescent Research Review , reveals how a parent’s exposure to bias can ripple through family dynamics and impact ethnic minority adolescents during a formative stage of development. Understanding the Family Link: Why Parental Discrimination Matters for Teens The family is arguably the mo...

  Dr. Su Yeong Kim and colleagues examine how experiences of discrimination and practices of ethnoracial socialization affect mental health in Mexican-origin adolescents and their parents. Every day, many families of Mexican origin in the U.S. face not only economic hardship but also the persistent challenges of racial–ethnic discrimination. These strains do more than simply weigh on individuals; they ripple across family members, leaving impacts that can last for years and shape entire family systems. But how do daily experiences of discrimination influence mental health? And how might the ways parents talk with their children about race and coping serve either as a buffer or, unexpectedly, as a source of further stress? A new, in-depth study led by Jun Wang and Dr. Su Yeong Kim , with colleagues Jinjin Yan, Xin Li, and Yishan Shen, offers fresh insights into the transactional nature of discrimination, depression, and ethnoracial socialization in Mexican-origin families experien...