BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Research on conversations between caregivers and their children about how to prepare or conduct themselves when stopped by police (ie, "the talk") has grown in recent years. However, little is known about how having "the talk" may influence youths' stress about future experiences of police brutality (ie, anticipatory stress of police brutality). The objective of the present study is to examine how youths' anticipatory stress regarding police brutality varies by whether they have had "the talk" with their caregivers. METHODS Data come from the Survey of Police-Adolescent Contact Experiences (SPACE), a cross-sectional survey of a community-based sample of Black youth aged 12 to 21 years in Baltimore, Maryland (n = 339), collected from August 2022 to July 2023. Multivariable ordinary least squares regressions were conducted to (1) examine associations between "the talk" and anticipatory stress of police brutality among a sample of Black youth in Baltimore and (2) examine the associations between messages in "the talk" and anticipatory stress of police brutality among youth who received "the talk." RESULTS Findings indicate that having "the talk" was associated with lower anticipatory stress of police brutality. Moreover, among youth who received "the talk," certain messages from parents during "the talk" were associated with significant increases in anticipatory stress of police brutality compared with other messages. CONCLUSIONS Findings underscore the need for a nuanced understanding of "the talk's" broader implications on youth well-being and may be used to expand opportunities for youth to encounter affirmative racial socialization messages.

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“The Talk”及其主题在黑人青年对警察暴行的预期压力中的作用。


背景和目标 近年来，对看护人与其孩子之间关于被警察拦下时如何准备或行为的对话（即“谈话”）的研究有所增长。然而，关于“谈话”如何影响青少年对未来警察暴行经历的压力（即，对警察暴行的预期压力），人们知之甚少。本研究的目的是检查青少年对警察暴行的预期压力如何因他们是否与照顾者进行过“谈话”而变化。方法 数据来自警察-青少年接触经历调查 （SPACE），这是一项对 2022 年 8 月至 2023 年 7 月收集的马里兰州巴尔的摩 12 至 21 岁黑人青年社区样本 （n = 339） 的横断面调查。进行多变量普通最小二乘回归是为了 （1） 在巴尔的摩的黑人青年样本中检查 “谈话” 与 警察暴行的预期压力之间的关联，以及 （2） 检查 “谈话” 中的信息与接受 “谈话” 的青少年对警察暴行的预期压力之间的关联。结果研究结果表明，进行 “谈话” 与较低的警察暴行的预期压力有关。此外，在接受 “the talk” 的青少年中，与其他信息相比，在 “the talk” 期间来自父母的某些信息与警察暴力的预期压力显着增加有关。结论 研究结果强调需要细致入微地理解 “谈话 ”对青年福祉的更广泛影响，并可能用于扩大青年接触肯定性种族社会化信息的机会。