Arab American persons' reported experiences of discrimination and mental health: The mediating role of personal control
Arab American persons' reported experiences of discrimination and mental health: The mediating role of personal control
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DOI：
10.1037/0022-0167.51.4.418
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发表时间：
2004-10-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Hasan, NT
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作者：
Moradi, B;Hasan, NT
自2001年9月11日事件以来，对阿拉伯裔美国人的偏见和歧视报道有所增加（I. Ibish, 2003）。感知偏见事件被认为是压力源，与经历这些事件的人的心理健康状况下降有关（例如，R. Clark， N. B. Anderson， V. R. Clark, & D. R. Williams, 1999）。E. A. Klonoff & H. Landrine, 1995； H. Landrine & E. A. Klonoff, 1996； S. O. Utsey & J. G. Ponterotto, 1996)。因此，本研究以108名阿拉伯裔美国人为样本，考察了(a)报告的歧视经历与自尊和心理困扰的关系，以及(b)个人控制感在这种关系中的中介作用。通径分析结果与假设一致，表明个人控制感在报告的歧视经历与自尊的联系中起完全中介作用，在报告的歧视经历与心理困扰的联系中起部分中介作用。路径模型解释了47%-48%的自尊差异和33%的心理困扰差异。
Reports of prejudice and discrimination against Arab Americans have increased since the events of September 11, 2001 (I. Ibish, 2003). Perceived prejudice events are recogized as stressors that are linked to lowered mental health for those who experience such events (e.g., R. Clark, N. B. Anderson, V. R. Clark, & D. R. Williams, 1999 E. A. Klonoff & H. Landrine, 1995; H. Landrine & E. A. Klonoff, 1996; S. O. Utsey & J. G. Ponterotto, 1996). Thus, this study examined, with a sample of 108 Arab American individuals, (a) the relationship of reported discrimination experiences to self-esteem and psychological distress and (b) the mediating role of sense of personal control in this relationship. Consistent with hypotheses, results of path analyses indicated that sense of personal control mediated fully the link of reported discrimination experiences to self-esteem and mediated partially the link of reported discrimination experiences to psychological distress. The path models accounted for 47%-48% of the variance in self-esteem and 33% of the variance in psychological distress.