The Lagged Effects of Racial Discrimination on Depressive Symptomology and Interactions With Racial Identity
The Lagged Effects of Racial Discrimination on Depressive Symptomology and Interactions With Racial Identity
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DOI：
10.1037/cou0000069
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发表时间：
2015-04-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Sellers, Robert M.
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作者：
Hoggard, Lori S.;Byrd, Christy M.;Sellers, Robert M.
学者们一致认为种族歧视对非裔美国人的心理健康产生负面影响（Brondolo et al., 2008）。然而，需要研究以生态上有效的方式探索日常歧视随着时间的推移所产生的影响，特别是与非种族日常麻烦相比。人们还广泛认为，种族身份可以缓和种族纠纷的影响（Sellers、Copeland-Linder、Martin 和 Lewis 2006），但很少有研究随着时间的推移检验这种缓和效应。目前的研究通过分析四天内报告的种族和非种族压力源之间的关系来解决当前文献中的空白。参与者是来自三个机构的 225 名大学生，他们参加了为期 20 天的每日日记研究。每天，参与者都会报告他们是否经历过压力事件以及抑郁症状。我们比较了事件发生当天和两天后的抑郁症状报告中的种族和非种族压力源，并检查了种族身份是否起到了调节作用。结果表明，当事件发生时，个人的种族和非种族压力源会出现类似的增加，而在接下来的两天内会出现类似的减少。此外，症状轨迹因种族身份而异。讨论了理解种族歧视对非裔美国人福祉的影响的影响。
Scholars agree on the negative impacts of racial discrimination on the mental health of African Americans (Brondolo et al., 2008). Yet research is needed to explore the impacts of everyday discrimination over time, especially compared to nonracial daily hassles, in an ecologically valid manner. It is also widely accepted that racial identity can moderate the impact of racial hassles (Sellers, Copeland-Linder, Martin, & Lewis 2006), but few studies have examined this moderating effect over time. The current study addresses gaps in the current literature by analyzing the relationship between reported racial and nonracial stressors over the course of four days. Participants were 225 college students at three institutions who participated in a 20-day daily diary study. Each day, participants reported whether they had experienced a stressful event and their depressive symptoms. We compared reports of depressive symptoms the day an event occurred and two days after for racial and nonracial stressors and examined whether racial identity served as a moderator. The results showed that individuals experienced similar increases for racial and nonracial stressors when events occur and similar decreases in the following two days. Additionally, symptom trajectories varied by racial identity. Implications for the understanding of racial discrimination's role in the well-being of African Americans are discussed.