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- Explaining the mental health consequences of internalized racism: The mediating roles of family resilience and collective actionPublication . Ribas, Anna Luiza Steiger; Miranda, MarianaABSTRACT: Racial oppression’s institutional and interpersonal levels have had a substantial amount of empirical attention. Little is known, however, about internalized racism and the paths through which it has such negative effects on mental health. In this study with 226 participants who self identify as Black we focus on internalized racism’s effect on depression and propose explanatory processes through which this effect is carried out. We argued that this detrimental effect happens though internalized racism’s limiting power over positive identity mechanisms. Specifically, when exploring family resilience and collective action’s role in this association, results showed that internalized racism’s effect on depression was mediated by family communication and problem solving dimension of family resilience. The support for the Black Lives Matter movement was also a significant mediator, but was, however, positively associated with depression. Clinical implications are discussed.