PERCEIVED RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND MENTAL HEALTH IN LOW-INCOME, URBAN-DWELLING WHITES
PERCEIVED RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND MENTAL HEALTH IN LOW-INCOME, URBAN-DWELLING WHITES
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DOI：
10.2190/hs.43.2.e
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
LaVeist, Thomas A.
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作者：
Bower, Kelly M.;Thorpe, Roland J., Jr.;LaVeist, Thomas A.
本研究以低收入城市白人为样本，探讨了种族歧视与焦虑和抑郁之间的关系。数据分析来自一项对居住在美国大西洋中部一个内城社区的低收入白人的横断面调查。39%的参与者报告了种族歧视。抑郁症在人群中的发病率超过了美国普通人群的患病率。与没有种族歧视的人相比，那些感觉到种族歧视并受到种族歧视困扰的人经历了显着更大的抑郁几率（OR = 2.78，95%CI 1.60-4.82）和更高的焦虑评分（B = 2.02，SE 0.55，p = 0.000）。在公共卫生研究中，低收入的城市白色人群在很大程度上被忽视了。这项研究表明，种族歧视是常见的贫困城市白人。此外，被视为压力源的歧视与精神疾病有关。
This study examined the relationship between perceived racial discrimination and the presence of anxiety and depression in a sample of low-income, urban-dwelling whites. Data were analyzed from a cross-sectional survey of low-income whites living in an inner-city neighborhood in the mid-Atlantic United States. Perceived racial discrimination was reported by 39 percent of participants. Rates of depression in the population exceed prevalence rates in the general U.S. population. Those who perceived racial discrimination and were bothered by it experienced significantly greater odds of being depressed (OR = 2.78, 95% CI 1.60-4.82) and had higher anxiety scores (b = 2.02, SE 0.55, p = 0.000) than those who did not perceive racial discrimination. Low-income, urban white populations have been largely ignored in public health research. This study demonstrates that perceived racial discrimination is common in poor urban whites. Further, exposure to discrimination that is perceived as a stressor is associated with mental illness.