How is ethnic and racial discrimination impacting our young people? Scholars around the world have found that discriminatory interactions of this nature have detrimental impacts on youth and their development. In this handbook, the world's leading experts on this topic examine the current state of the science, presenting current research and tracing foundational theories, empirical findings, multilevel methods, and intervention strategies for children, adolescents, and young adults. Covering multiple ethnic and racial groups across the United States and globally, chapters highlight both universal and distinct experiences and provide an in-depth overview of how race-related stressors affect youth outcomes. The text also offers clear conceptual frameworks, methodological guidance, and future-facing strategies to strengthen research, policy, and practice. With its expansive international scope and interdisciplinary depth, it is an essential resource for graduate students and scholars across developmental psychology, child development, human development and family studies, sociology, and ethnic studies.

‘A tell-all book to guide readers in the development of racial and ethnic minority youth in the United States. Tiffany Yip and her contributors methodically identify and discuss the issues that plague our children and adolescents to illustrate what is needed for transformative change.’

Margarita Alegria - Chief of the Disparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Harvard Medical School, USA

‘Tiffany Yip’s astutely curated volume distills decades of theory and research on racial and ethnic discrimination spanning children's development through adolescence and early adulthood. A must-have for the personal libraries of scholars seeking to understand and contribute knowledge on the complex and enduring effects of racialized experiences in youth’s lives.’

Celina Chatman Nelson - Senior Associate Dean for Professional Development and Academic Access, Columbia University, USA

‘This volume delves into the connections between ethnic/racial discrimination and youth development from every perspective—within and across groups, ages, time periods, and contexts. The result is a text that is both historic and forward-looking, and filled with practical and scholarly application.’

Stephanie J. Rowley - William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Education and Dean, School of Education and Human Development, University of Virginia, USA

‘Tiffany Yip has pulled together top scholars in an edited book to examine discrimination from a developmental perspective. The chapters collectively offer rich theoretical insights backed by empirical findings, discussing policy and program interventions, and making research suggestions to resolve pressing unanswered questions. This timely work is a must read for researchers and practitioners.’

David T. Takeuchi - Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington, USA