Past Discrimination, Race-Related Vigilance, and Depressive Symptoms: The Moderating Role of Mindfulness.
Past Discrimination, Race-Related Vigilance, and Depressive Symptoms: The Moderating Role of Mindfulness.
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过去的歧视、与种族有关的警惕和抑郁症状：正念的调节作用。
DOI：
10.1007/s12671-019-01143-5
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发表时间：
2019
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影响因子：
3.6
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Case,AndrewD
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Watson-Singleton,NatalieN;Hill,LaBarronK;Case,AndrewD
目的非洲裔美国人因种族相关的压力而经历许多不利的健康后果。然而，在种族相关应激源和抑郁症状之间的联系中，正念可能是一个相关和重要的保护因素。方法利用190名年龄在18-53岁的非裔美国人参与者的数据，调查了过去的歧视和种族相关的警觉性这两种种族相关应激源是否交互地预测了该样本中更严重的抑郁症状。我们还评估了正念是否缓和了种族相关应激源与抑郁症状之间的联系，如过去的歧视和种族相关警觉所表明的那样。结果表明，在我们的样本中，过去的歧视和种族相关的警觉并不交互地预测抑郁症状；然而，这些应激源独立地与更严重的抑郁症状相关。此外，我们发现，更高水平的正念与较低水平的抑郁症状相关，正念显著缓和了种族相关应激源和抑郁症状之间的关联。结论这些发现支持正念缓冲过去歧视和种族相关警惕对非裔美国人的负面健康后果的能力。本文还讨论了进一步的结论和未来的研究方向。
ObjectivesAfrican Americans experience numerous adverse health consequences due to race-related stress. Yet, mindfulness may serve as a relevant and vital protective factor in the link between race-related stressors and depressive symptoms for this population.MethodsData from 190 African American participants, ages 18–53, were used to investigate if past discrimination and race-related vigilance, two types of race-related stressors, interactively predicted greater depressive symptomatology among this sample. We also assessed if mindfulness moderated the association between race-related stressors, as indicated by past discrimination and race-related vigilance, and depressive symptomatology.ResultsOur results indicated that past discrimination and race-related vigilance did not interactively predict depressive symptomatology in our sample; however, these stressors were independently related to greater depressive symptoms. Additionally, we found that greater levels of mindfulness were associated with lower levels of depressive symptoms, and mindfulness significantly moderated the association between both race-related stressors and depressive symptoms.ConclusionsThese findings support mindfulness’ ability to buffer the negative health consequences of past discrimination and race-related vigilance for African Americans. Additional conclusions and future research directions are discussed.