Psychophysiological Stress Responses to Bicultural and Biracial Identity Denial
Psychophysiological Stress Responses to Bicultural and Biracial Identity Denial
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DOI：
10.1111/josi.12347
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发表时间：
2019-08-14
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Straka, Brenda
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作者：
Albuja, Analia F.;Sanchez, Diana T.;Straka, Brenda
双文化和双民族个人(那些认同两种文化或两种种族的人)往往被拒绝加入他们所认同的群体，这一经历被称为身份否认。本研究采用实验设计，在受控的实验室环境中，对双文化个体(研究1；N=126)和混血儿(研究2；N=119)进行了身份否认对生理和自我报告的压力以及自然行为反应的影响。结果表明，与身份无关的否认相比，被否认美国身份的双文化参与者和被否认其白人身份的少数民族/白人混血个体报告了更大的压力，并且更有可能口头重申他们的身份。与身份无关否认条件下的参与者相比，双文化参与者也表现出皮质醇恢复较慢。这一结果首次强调了否认身份对身体健康的负面影响，采用了针对双文化和双民族人群的实验设计，强调了促进归属感和认同感的必要性。
Bicultural and biracial individuals (those who identify either with two cultures or two races) are often denied membership in the groups with which they identify, an experience referred to as identity denial. The present studies used an experimental design to test the effects of identity denial on physiological and self-reported stress, and naturalistic behavioral responses in a controlled laboratory setting for both bicultural (Study 1; N = 126) and biracial (Study 2; N = 119) individuals. The results suggest that compared to an identity-irrelevant denial, bicultural participants who were denied their American identity and Minority/White biracial individuals who were denied their White identity reported greater stress and were more likely to verbally reassert their identity. Bicultural participants also demonstrated slower cortisol recovery compared to those in the identity-irrelevant denial condition. The results are the first to highlight the negative physical health consequences of identity denial using an experimental design for both bicultural and biracial populations, underscoring the necessity to promote belongingness and acceptance.