TY - JOUR
T1 - Future Directions on BIPOC Youth Mental Health
T2 - The Importance of Cultural Rituals in the COVID-19 Pandemic
AU - Causadias, José M.
AU - Alcalá, Lucía
AU - Morris, Kamryn S.
AU - Yaylaci, Fatima T.
AU - Zhang, Na
N1 - Funding Information:
Authors are listed in alphabetical order following the corresponding author. This work did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. Lucía Alcalá acknowledges support from UC MEXUS-CONACYT Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (to L.A., 2015-2016). Kamryn S. Morris acknowledges support from the National Institute on Drug Abuse under 2T32DA039772-06. Na Zhang acknowledges support from the National Institute of Mental Health grant under K01MH122502.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Culture plays an important role in the development of mental health, especially during childhood and adolescence. However, less is known about how participation in cultural rituals is related to the wellbeing of youth who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), and part of the Global Majority. This is crucial amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a global event that has disproportionally affected BIPOC youth and disrupted participation in rituals. The goal of this paper is to promote advances in clinical child and adolescent psychology focused on rituals. We begin by defining culture and rituals and examining their role on development. We illustrate these issues with the Lunar New Year in China, Maya rituals in México, Ramadan in Turkey, and Black graduations and Latinx funerals in the United States. We discuss how the pandemic has affected participation in these rituals and their potential impact on BIPOC children and adolescents’ mental health. We propose future directions and recommendations for research.
AB - Culture plays an important role in the development of mental health, especially during childhood and adolescence. However, less is known about how participation in cultural rituals is related to the wellbeing of youth who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), and part of the Global Majority. This is crucial amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a global event that has disproportionally affected BIPOC youth and disrupted participation in rituals. The goal of this paper is to promote advances in clinical child and adolescent psychology focused on rituals. We begin by defining culture and rituals and examining their role on development. We illustrate these issues with the Lunar New Year in China, Maya rituals in México, Ramadan in Turkey, and Black graduations and Latinx funerals in the United States. We discuss how the pandemic has affected participation in these rituals and their potential impact on BIPOC children and adolescents’ mental health. We propose future directions and recommendations for research.
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U2 - 10.1080/15374416.2022.2084744
DO - 10.1080/15374416.2022.2084744
M3 - Article
C2 - 35731555
AN - SCOPUS:85132759405
SN - 1537-4416
VL - 51
SP - 577
EP - 592
JO - Journal of clinical child psychology
JF - Journal of clinical child psychology
IS - 4
ER -