Perceived Racial Discrimination as a Predictor of Health Behaviors: the Moderating Role of Gender.
Perceived Racial Discrimination as a Predictor of Health Behaviors: the Moderating Role of Gender.
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将种族歧视视为健康行为的预测因素：性别的调节作用。
DOI：
10.1007/s12552-011-9050-6
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发表时间：
2011
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Eccles,JacquelynneS
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Brodish,AmandaB;Cogburn,CourtneyD;Fuller-Rowell,ThomasE;Peck,Stephen;Malanchuk,Oksana;Eccles,JacquelynneS
感知到的种族歧视(PRD)被牵连到损害种族/族裔少数群体的身心健康(例如，Williams等人)。《美国公共卫生杂志》93：200-208,2003；Wong等人。载于J PERS 71：1197-1232,2003)。研究人员已经开始探索健康行为作为帮助解释这种关系的一个因素的间接作用。本研究的目的是使用前瞻性的纵向设计来研究珠江三角洲地区与各种健康行为之间的关系，并探索性别在调节这些关系中的作用。利用马里兰州青少年发展背景研究的数据，我们在中产阶级黑人男性和女性的样本中，研究了青春期PRD(在14-21岁之间积累)与30岁时健康行为(即饮食、药物使用、锻炼)之间的关系。使用结构方程模型，结果显示，青春期累积的PRD越多，青春期的健康饮食越不健康，(男性)使用更多的物质，年轻的成年人(女性)更多地锻炼。这些发现对于理解健康行为在解释珠江三角洲地区与健康结果之间的联系中所起的作用的意义被考虑。
Perceived racial discrimination (PRD) has been implicated in undermining the mental and physical health of racial/ethnic minorities (e.g., Williams et al. in Am J Public Health 93:200–208, 2003; Wong et al. in J Pers 71:1197–1232, 2003). Researchers have begun to explore the indirect role of health behaviors as one factor in helping to explain this relationship. The goal of the present study was to examine the relationship between PRD and a wide range of health behaviors using a prospective, longitudinal design and to explore the role of gender in moderating these relationships. Using data from the Maryland Adolescent Development in Context Study, we examined the relationship between adolescent PRD (accumulated across ages 14–21) and health behaviors (i.e., diet, substance use, exercise) at age 30 in a sample of middle-class black men and women. Using structural equation modeling, results revealed that more cumulative PRD during adolescence was associated with less healthy eating, more substance use (among men), and more exercise (among women) in young adulthood. Implications of these findings for understanding the role of health behaviors in explaining the link between PRD and health outcomes are considered.